HISTORY OF EGYPT

  • 1100

    LOW TIME

     LOW TIME
    In the Low Period it includes the government of the Dynasties XXIV to XXX (730-330). The Egyptian Kingdom began to decay at the end of the Dynasties of the Ramésidas, the period that begins then is known as Low Epoch.
    Not only was the real power weaker, but there were invaders from the south and the west. The economic possibilities were precarious and did not favor the development of the country's art and culture.
  • EMPIRE NEW

     EMPIRE NEW
    With the name of New Empire the historical period is known that begins with the reunification of Egypt under Amosis I and that finishes towards the 1070 a. C. with the arrival to the throne of the sovereigns of Libyan origin
  • SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD

    SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD
    It runs between the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom. It includes the dynasties XIII, XIV, XV, XVI and part of the XVII dynasty, partially coeval.
  • MIDDLE PERIOD

    MIDDLE PERIOD
    It was a later subdivision of Upper Egypt that comprised from the oasis of El Fayum to Asiut.
  • FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD

    FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD
    It is a time where power is decentralized and runs between the Old Kingdom and the Middle Kingdom. It comprises from the VII Dynasty until the middle of the XI Dynasty, when Mentuhotep II reunited the country under his command (c.2040 BC).
  • OLD KINGDOM

     OLD KINGDOM
    The Ancient Empire forged and consolidated the political, cultural and religious system emerged during the proto-dynamic period, with the appearance of a monarchy whose most notable features are the absolute divinization of Pharaoh and a strongly centralized political power. Great part of the great constructions were made in this period
  • ARCHAEOLOGICAL AGE

     ARCHAEOLOGICAL AGE
    The Archaic Period of Egypt, or Tinita Period or Early Dynastic Period (c.3100-2686 BC), is the beginning of the dynastic history of Ancient Egypt. According to Manetón, the capital of the Empire during this time was Tinis, or Tis. At this time only two lineages of kings governed, denominated first and second dynasty; the first pharaohs are considered the unifiers of Egypt
  • Period: to 520

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