Transcript Egyptians
Egypt Old Kingdom Menes Dynasty – 3200 BCE Pharoh – Royal family – Priest – Gov. – Peasants Pharaoh’s grow weaker at the end of the Old Kingdom Considered by some as the most creative period Pyramids 4,500 years old Middle Kingdom Last for more than 3 centuries 1780 BCE – begun to fall, nobles and priests fight for power 1760 BCE – endured increasing attacks by foreign invaders Farming and Trade Peasants did the farming Wheat and Barley Sea going ships – Mediterrean, Red and Aegean Seas West Asia and south into Africa Education Bureaucracy – complex gov. civil servants carry specialized task Fathers teaching son how to read and write Middle Kingdom actual schools appear Religion Nile – primary god “Osiris” Sun – guardian spirit “Re” Pharaoh – god in human form Regeneration – “rebirth” Mummification Building a Pyramid http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egy ptians/launch_gms_pyramid_builder.shtml Late Kingdom Hyksos – invades northern Egypt with superior tech. Adopted Egyptian styles of civilization Theban prince – ruled middle portion Ahmose – 1570 BCE drove Hyksos out of Egypt New Kingdom Ahmose – 1500s BCE Standing Army Empire expanded brought in new cultures Hatshepsut – ruled for twenty years Rebuilt temples Sent commercial expeditions down the Red Sea Akhenaton Defied priests of Amom-Re Removed the name of Amon-Re from all public inscriptions Said he was the only god Conflict over religion became struggle for power Priest of Amon-Re won the power struggle Contributed to the decline of Egyptian power Invaders HittitesStart to attack over the next century Ramses II – 1288 BCE, Battle of Kush “Sea People” push Egyptians back to the Nile Delta and Valley Next two C. turned back into a Kingdom Libyans Dynasty – mid 900s BCE Nubian Dynasty 1800 BCE – entered the scene Influenced heavily by Egyptian culture 730 BCE – War party north conquer the kingdom of Thebes, Reunited country since the fall of the New Kingdom 671 BCE – Kushites abandon Egypt The End: for now