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Ancient Egypt
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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
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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
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Old Kingdom
• Pyramids built• Pharaoh• Vizer “steward of the
whole land”• Nomes- provinces of
Ancient Egypt• Nomarch- pharaoh
appointed administrator of a nome
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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
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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
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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
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Religion
• Cult of Osiris• Book of the Dead• Pyramids• Mummification• Heiroglyphics