ANT/HIST 500

The Ancient City

Day 7

Egypt: Polity

• Early Dynastic: 3050-2675 BC, 1st and 2nd Dynasties

• Old Kingdom: 2675-2190 BC, 3rd thru 6th Dynasties

• First Intermediate Period: 2190-2060 BC, 7th thru 10th Dynasties

Egypt: Old Kingdom

Unification: 3050-2675 BC

Narmer Palette, Early Dynastic

Egypt: Old Kingdom• Pyramids!

• Followed by First Intermediate Period, 2190-2060 BC

Egypt: Middle Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom: 2060-1795 BC, 11th thru 12th Dynasties

• Second Intermediate Period: 1795-1550 BC, 13th thru 17th Dynasties

Egypt: Middle Kingdom

Mentuhotep II (c. 2060 - 2010 BC)

Egypt: Middle Kingdom

Egypt: Middle Kingdom

Egypt: Middle Kingdom

Second Intermediate Period

Hyksos & introduction of the chariot

Who were the Hyksos?

• Population of “Asiatics”

• Driven out by Ahmose, first Pharoah of the 18th Dynasty & founder of the New Kingdom

• Phoenician stories of Io and Agenor and Epofos record names of hyksos rulers

• Probable influence on Hebrew exodus narratives

Egypt: New Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom: 1550-1070 BC, 18th thru 20th Dynasties

• Direct rule of Canaan, Lebanon & Syria

Egypt: New Kingdom

Egypt: New Kingdom

Akhenaton & Tutankhamun

Egypt: Culture

Middle Kingdom Toy

Egypt: Culture

Polytheism

Egypt: Culture

Egypt: Environment

Egypt: Environment