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Period: 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE
Old Kingdom
Old kingdom -
Period: 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE
Old Kingdom
Pharoahs were gods the Egyptians believed. -
2600 BCE
Old Kingdom
Nobles are below the Pharoahs in society. Nobles are rich powerful families. Farmers, peasants, and slaves made up 80% of the population. -
2500 BCE
Old Kingdom
The Egyptians believed that the afterlife was a happy place. When a person died, his or her ka left the body and became a spirit after death. Ka is the life force -
2400 BCE
Old Kingdom
Egyptians devoloped a method called ebalming to preserve bodies and keep them from decaying. During this method they cut open the body and removed all organs except the heart. This method took several weeks. Mummies are specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth. The elite people were mummified. Elite are the nobles or people of wealth and power. Goverment payed the workers with grain. -
2300 BCE
Old Kingdom
Burial in a pyramid showed a Pharoahs importance or an elite. Pointing up to the sky the pyramid showed the Pharoahs or the nobles journey to the afterlife.The Egyptians wanted to make sure the Pharoah was good because they belived he was their link to the gods. They put spells put on the pyramids to make sure they were safe. Making Pharoahs afterlife happy ensured ones happiness for afterlife. Spells and Hymns called pyramid texts. -
2300 BCE
Old Kingdom
Pyramids are huge, stone tombs with four triangle shaped sides that met in a point on top. Engineering the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes. Largest pyramid is the Great Pyramid of Khufu. Took 2 million limestone blocks. -
2050 BCE
Middle Kingdom
Middle Kingdom began after a period of no pharoah. -
2050 BCE
Middle Kingdom
Middle kingdom, a period of order stability that lasted to 1750 BC. -
Period: 2050 BCE to 1750 BCE
Middle Kingdom
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1750 BCE
Middle Kingdom
Toward the end of the Middle Kingdom Egypt began to fall into disorder again. -
1750 BCE
Middle Kingdom
The Hykos ruled the region as pharoahs for 200 years. -
1750 BCE
Middle Kingdom
The Egyptians eventually fought back. Ahmose of Thebes declared himself king and drove the Hykos out of Egypt. After this Ahmose ruled all of Egypt. -
1550 BCE
New kingdom
Empire took over Hyksos, Syria, and Kush (South Egypt) -
Period: 1550 BCE to 1050 BCE
New kingdom
They began the New Kingdom a period of power and glory because the Egyptians built an Empire to Kush. -
1500 BCE
New kingdom
Trade routes had been devoloped. Queen has put traders North and South. -
1200 BCE
New kingdom
Ramses fought hities. There was no winner. This was the war of Attrition. Egyptians also fought the hitites and sea ppl survived. -
Middle Kingdom
Arounf 1750 a group from Southwest Asia invaded. This group was called the Hykos.