Ancient Egypt. Nile River Longest river in the world Flows from the heart of Africa to the...

Ancient Egypt

Nile River

• Longest river in the world• Flows from the heart of

Africa to the Mediterranean Sea

• Egyptian civilization developed along the banks of the river

• Divided kingdom into Upper and Lower Egypt

• Considered divine by the Egyptians

Kingdoms of Egypt

• Old Kingdom 2686-2125 BC

• First Intermediate Period 2155-2055 BC

• Middle Kingdom 2055-1650 BC

• Second Intermediate Period 1650-1550 BC

• New Kingdom 1550-1085 BC

• 31 Major dynasties dating from 3100 BC

Old Kingdom

• Pyramids built• Pharaoh• Vizer “steward of the

whole land”• Nomes- provinces of

Ancient Egypt• Nomarch- pharaoh

appointed administrator of a nome

Middle Kingdom

• First Intermediate Period

• Middle Kingdom featured a return to stability and prosperity

• Common people were included in the religion of Egypt

• Hyksos Invasion

New Kingdom

• After the Hyksos defeat, stability once again returned.

• Amenhotep IV (c.1364-1347) introduced the worship of the Aten

• Changed his name and moved the capitol of Egypt to Akhenaten

• His son Tutankhamen abandoned the worship of Aten and restored the old gods of Egypt

New Kingdom

• Ramesses II (1279-1213) engaged in numerous military campaigns and succeeded in expanding Egypts borders

• Ramesses efforts proved short lived as Egypt was invaded and conquered by several rival nations.

• 332 BC Alexander the Great

• 30 BC Octavian Caesar

Religion

• Cult of Osiris• Book of the Dead• Pyramids• Mummification• Heiroglyphics

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