The Egyptian Empire

Our Group:Milagros

RussoAgostina

Silvano Martina

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The Nile Valley consisted of only two large kingdoms:

The Upper and Lower Egypt

The Egyptian EmpireThe first serttlements in the Nile Valey

began around 7,000 years agoThis land was called KEMET “Black

Lands”

King Menes unified Egypt by building a

capital called Memphis

The Egyptian Empire

Ancient Egyptian History was divided into three periods:

Time lineOld Kingdom Middle Kingdom New Kingdom

2.700 BC 2.200 BC 1.500 BC 1.075 BC AD 1

Old Kingdom Middle Kingdom New Kingdom

2.700 BC 2.200 BC 1.500 BC 1.075 BC AD 1

Old Kingdo

mThe Upper and Lower Kingdoms maintained their

separated identities but ruled by the same leader

Theocracy: a goverment where

the political and religious power lie

in the same person

Egyptian rules were considered not just kings but also gods

The Egyptian society grew and the king needed

help so he decided to enlist subordinate

leaders

Old Kingdom Middle Kingdom New Kingdom

2.700 BC 2.200 BC 1.500 BC 1.075 BC AD 1

Middle Kingdo

m

King Mentuhotep united Egypt once again

and moved the capital from Memphis to

Thebes

Local leaders were in rebellion against the King and crumbled the empire and for the next 150 years

Egypt would be ruled by their local leaders

King Mentuhotep

Old Kingdom Middle Kingdom New Kingdom

2.700 BC 2.200 BC 1.500 BC 1.075 BC AD 1

New Kingdo

mEgypt was invaded by the Hyksos, they used superior weapons and technology

and had horses and chariots A century after Egyptians overthrew the Hyksos using the same military

skills and the New Kingdom period startedNow the Kings would be

called Pharaohs and once again united

Egypt and expanded their landsThebes reflected a wealth of ART, GOLD, TREASURES, FINE CLOTHES etc…

The PharaohsKing CrownsWere the supreme

leaders of the land (Political and Religious power) they ruled both

Upper and Lower EgyptThe word Pharaoh means “great house” describing a palace or kingdom

Sometimes women becamerulers and were called Pharaoh but in general they were men

The Pharaoh’s wife or Queen of Egypt was also a powerful ruler

Dynasty XVIII timeline

The PharaohsAncient Egyptian History is divided by the Dynasties of the Pharaohs

A Dynasty was when a family

maintained power by

handing down the throneto an heir

Egypt had 31 dynasties over the 3,000 years of its history

Some famous Pharaohs

Akhenaten NefertitiTutankhamun

Hatshepsut

Amenhotep III

Ramses II

CleopatraVII

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