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Aug 19, 1070
Post empire egypt
1070-30 B.C
-regained palestine
-lost palestine
-egypt dominated by Libyans, nubians, assyrians, persians, and macedonians
-egypt became province of Rome in 1st century -
Aug 19, 1550
New Kingdom
-Developed more advanced armies
-1550-1070
-Egypt began expanding and conquering Africa
-reached height during Amenhotep III 1412-1375
-religious turmoil
-lost Syria and palestine b/c of that
-King Tutankhamen restored order -
Second Intermediate
1650-1550
-- second age of disorder~Hyksos
-Pharoah Ahmose expeled Hyksos
-Hyksos taught Egypt how to use bronze for tools and weapons
-taught new aspects of warfare
-used tools against Hyksos and defeated them -
Middle Kingdom
-Mentuhotep defeated the ruler of Heracleopolis
-reunification
-stabability 2055-1650 B.C
-History centered around 12 dynasty Amenemhet I (vizier established himself and his successors as pharoahs)
-Golden age
-Middle kingdom Pharoahs were a whole lot nicer, thought they were shepherds
-Period of expansion -
First intermediate
decline in central authority, drought , and a decline in rainfall, and economic troubles collapsed the old kingdom
-first intermediate period
-2180- 2055B.C.
-new centers of power -
Old kingdom
~Old
-2686 to 2181 B.C.
-Believed that the King should follow the chief principle called ma'at.
Ma'at- a spiratual precept that conveyed the idea of truth and justice, right order and harmony
-age of prosperitiy -
Nile river
-Main soource of survival
-helped from natural protection from adversaries
-means of transportation
-longest river
-flood was predictable
-caused fertile land called "black land"
-caused rural civilizations -
Early Dynastic Period
-First Egyptian royal dynasty
-King Menes called King of upper and lower Egypt
-United both upper and lower Egypt
-Had a crow of white and red to signify upper and lower Egypt
