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Period: 2700 BCE to
Old Kingdom
pharaohs were were god the Egyptians believed -
Period: 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE
Old Kingdom
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2600 BCE
Old Kingdom
nobles are below Pharaohs in society. Nobles are rich and powerful families. Farmers peasants and slaves made up 80% of the population -
2500 BCE
Old Kingdom
The afterlife is the life after death.
The ka leaves the body after death and becomes a spirit -
2400 BCE
Old Kingdom
The Egyptian ideas about afterlife shaped their burial practices the believed the body had to be prepared for afterlife so their method was mummification and the only ones to be mummified were the elite(rich) -
2400 BCE
Old Kingdom
The Egyptians buried their elite with treasures and in pyramids the pyramids basically are big burial sites for the wealthy engineering-the application of scientific knowledge pyramids- huge stone tombs with four triangle shaped sides that met in a point at the top Government paid slaves with grain -
2050 BCE
Middle Kingdom
Middle Kingdom began after a period of no pharaoh -
2050 BCE
Middle Kingdom
The Middle Kingdom began when the Pharaohs of the old kingdom could no longer collect taxes so a group of rich nobles then took over. -
1750 BCE
Middle Kingdom
1750 bce hyksos took over -
1750 BCE
Middle Kingdom
The hyksos took over and then ended up ended the middle kingdom -
1550 BCE
New Kingdom
Amos of Thebes draws out hyksos which starts new kingdom a period of power and glory -
1520 BCE
New Kingdom
period of power and glory -
1340 BCE
New Kingdom
Empire from Euphrates river to Kush -
1240 BCE
New Kingdom
Queen Hatsheput sent traders North and South -
1050 BCE
New Kingdom
1200's Ramses fought Hittites = no winner