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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 • • • • • Cult of Osiris Book of the Dead Pyramids Mummification Heiroglyphics
