ancient egyptian culture part 2 – history of ancient egypt
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Old Kingdom one kingdom from 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE generally peaceful started to fight over who would be king priests gained powerTRANSCRIPT
Ancient Egyptian Culture
Part 2 – History of Ancient Egypt
Pre-Old Kingdom
• before 3100 BCE• villages of Upper
Egypt united under one king• same for Lower
Egypt• 3050 BCE: Upper
Egypt takes over Lower Egypt
Old Kingdom
• one kingdom• from 2700 BCE to
2200 BCE• generally peaceful• started to fight
over who would be king• priests gained
power
Transition Era
• war and confusion from 2200 BCE to 2050 BCE• no strong king• provinces
separated• starvation• floods alternating
with droughts
Middle Kingdom
• 2050 BCE to 1800 BCE• back to a central
government• kept ways of Old
Kingdom• pharoah less
powerful• trade routes
reopened
Another Transition
• 1800 BCE to 1567 BCE• invaders took over
Lower Egypt• Hyskos• chariots and horses
New Kingdom
• 1567 BCE to 1100 BCE• King Ahmose from
Upper Egypt takes over• expanded into
border lands• safer from attack
Fall of Egyptian Civilization
• invasions:• 1100 BCE – Libyans• 671 BCE – Assyrians• later:• Babylonians• Greeks• Persians• Romans• Turks• British