Download Ancient Egyptian Kingdoms

Ancient Egyptian
Kingdoms
Source: Lamm, Robert C., and Neal M. Cross. The Humanities in Western Culture: A Search for Human Values. 9th ed. Dubuque, IA: Brown & Benchmark, 1993.
25-35. Print.
The Pharaoh
● A living god on whom life, safety, and
prosperity depended.
○ Controlled the Nile River.
Dynasty
A line of rulers from the same family.
● There are thirty dynasties total from the
Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.
Pre-Dynastic Period (5000 BCE-3100 BCE)
● The first dynasty began with King Narmer
(Menes) uniting Lower Egypt and Upper
Egypt.
Pharaoh: King Menes
Old Kingdom (2686 BCE-2181 BCE)
● The Old Kingdom contained the third
through sixth dynasties.
● Famous Pharaohs: Khufu and Khafre
● Achievements: Great Pyramid of Khufu and
Sphinx
● Falls: Warring nobles causes the Old
kingdom to dissolve.
Middle Kingdom (2134 BCE-1786 BCE)
● The Middle Kingdom was known for its rich
society with the highest standard of living
in the ancient world.
● Dynasties: 11-12
● Famous Pharaoh: Mentuhotep II
● Falls after the invasion of the Hyksos (aka
Barbarians)
New Kingdom (1570 BCE-1085 BCE)
● Dynasties: 18-20
● Due to the Hyksos invasion, the New Kingdom
hated anything foreign.
● Government was absolute military power solidified
the rule of the pharaoh not national unity.
● Pharaoh is now associate with the rulers.
● Famous Pharaohs: Ahmose, Hatshepsut, Thutmose
III, Amenhotep III, Akhenaton, Tut, and Ramses II
Late Period (747 BCE-30 BCE)
● Cleopatra “The Last Pharaoh” (51 BCE- 30
BCE)
To be continued….