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The Nile Valley Chapter 2:ib
The Old Kingdom2700 – 2200 B.C
“The Land of the Pharaohs.”[Image source: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/6539/pic.htm]
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Historians have organized ancient Egyptian dynasties into three great periods:
• Old Kingdom (2700 to 2200 B.C.)
• Middle Kingdom (2050 to 1800 B.C.)
• New Kingdom (1600 to 300 B.C.)
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A strong, centralized
national government developed under the Egyptian pharaohs.
[Image source: http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME1_INDEX.HTML#Plate1]
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The title pharaoh means “great house.”
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Egyptian society revolved around providing for the “great house.”
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Egypt was a theocracy, where the
pharaoh was both the
religious and political leader
of Egypt.[Image source: http://www.pharaonicarts.com/ramses-horus.htm]
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The pharaoh was aided in governing his
realm by a bureaucracy, or group of government
officials.[Image source: http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm]
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[http://www.elkhound.demon.co.uk/pictures/imhoteppics.htm]
The highest ranking official
- second only to pharaoh in power - was the vizier, or
prime minister.
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To honour their god-kings, Egyptians built “houses of eternity,” or pyramids, to entomb their remains.
[http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp./org/orion/eng/hst/egypt/giza.html]
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The first pyramid
constructed was the stepped-
pyramid of Saqqara built for
King Djoser.
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Egyptians preserved the bodies of theirkings fromdecay throughembalming.
[Image source: http://www.ccer.ggl.ruu.nl/abu_simbel/ramses.html]
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One’s entry into the afterlife was determined by the weighing of the heart.
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Around 2200 B.C. the kings in Memphis began to lose control and powerful nobles fought each other for
control of Egypt.
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The kings of Thebes brought unruly local governments under
control and restored order.
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The Nile Valley Chapter 2:ic
The Middle Kingdom2200- 1800 B.C.
“The Land of the Pharaohs.”
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The Theban kings established a new dynasty that ushered-in the period known as the Middle Kingdom.
[Image source: http://pages.ancientsites.com/~Duat_Ramesses/wast_plaque.htm]
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The Theban kings conquered the kingdom of Nubia on the
upper Nile River south of the first
cataract.[Image source: http://www.library.nwu.edu/class/history/B94/nubgeog.html]
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Nubian warriors
ultimately played an
important role as mercenaries in the Egyptian
army.
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Theban kings also promoted
trade by constructing a
canal that connected the
Nile River to the Red Sea.
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The Hyksos conquered Lower Egypt using bronze weapons and horse-drawnchariots.
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The Hyksos ruled Lower Egypt for about 110 years.
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About 1600 B.C. Prince
Ahmose raised an army and, using Hyksos
tactics and technology, drove them from Egypt.
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The Nile Valley Chapter 2:ic
The Middle Kingdom2200- 1800 B.C.
“The Land of the Pharaohs.”
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Around 2200 B.C. the kings in Memphis began to lose control and powerful nobles fought each other for
control of Egypt.
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The kings of Thebes brought unruly local governments under
control and restored order.
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The Theban kings established a new dynasty that ushered-in the period known as the Middle Kingdom.
[Image source: http://pages.ancientsites.com/~Duat_Ramesses/wast_plaque.htm]
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The Theban kings conquered the kingdom of Nubia on the
upper Nile River south of the first
cataract.[Image source: http://www.library.nwu.edu/class/history/B94/nubgeog.html]
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Nubian warriors
ultimately played an
important role as mercenaries in the Egyptian
army.
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Theban kings also promoted
trade by constructing a
canal that connected the
Nile River to the Red Sea.
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The Hyksos conquered Lower Egypt using bronze weapons and horse-drawnchariots.
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The Hyksos ruled Lower Egypt for about 110 years.
[Image source: http://www.library.nwu.edu/class/history/B94/delta185.gif]
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About 1600 B.C. Prince
Ahmose raised an army and, using Hyksos
tactics and technology, drove them from Egypt.