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Egypt did not have marathons, this is a product of modern sports.

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How was the government of Egypt different to that of Babylonian?

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Why do people run marathons?

Because it was back in time during a war in Greece where a messenger ran from a town called marathon to pass on some relavant message about the enemy and the distance was 26.2 miles. So during the olymoics they created the event to commemorate that run.