Transcript Ancient Egypt

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 20551650 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.13641347) 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
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Cult of Osiris
Book of the Dead
Pyramids
Mummification
Heiroglyphics