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Period: 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE
The old kingdom
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2500 BCE
Old kingdom
Khufu is the most famous pharaoh of the ok.
Pharaohs were considered to be gods and rulers of all the land. -
2500 BCE
Old kingdom
Egyptian religion was focused on afterlife or like after death. They believed it was their happy place. They leave the heart in the body. The ka is someones life force and when they die his or her ka or life force leaves the body and becomes a spirit. Method of mummification restores the body. Only elite or wealthy people get mummified. The poor get put in dry shallow graves. -
2500 BCE
old kingdom
Nobles were people from rich and powerful families. They were right below the pharaohs in society. Most nobles were priests and key governmental officials. Farmers,slaves, and servants made up 80 percent of the society. Traders would acquire gold, copper, ivory, and stone. -
2300 BCE
Old kingdom
Egyptians believe that burial sites, especially royal tombs, were very important. Pyramids were to bury and show the rulers. Pyramids were huge, stone tombs with four triangle shaped sides that met in a point on the top. The largest pyramid was the Great pyramid of khufu. Engineering was used by Egyptians by building pyramids. They used engineering with scientific knowledge for practical purposes. -
2200 BCE
old kingdom
Pyramids shape and size were symbolic to the pharaoh and their rules and their jounrney to the afterlife. The people believed they needed to make the pharaoh happy after his or her death. if he died happy he would make their lives better. -
2100 BCE
Middle Kingdom
For about 160 years the pharaohs couldn't collect taxes so the nobles ruled. -
2050 BCE
Middle Kingdom
A powerful pharaoh defeated his rivals and egypt was united again. The middle kingdom was a period of order and stability that lasted to about 1750 bc. -
Period: 2050 BCE to 1750 BCE
The Middle Kingdom
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1700 BCE
Middle Kingdom
Egypt began to fall into disorder once again. They hyksos ruled the region as pharoahs for 200 years. -
1600 BCE
New Kingdom
Egypt's leaders feared future invasion so they took control of all possible invasion routes into the kingdom. Turned the kingdom into an empire in the process.They took over the homeland of the Hyksos and continued north and conquered syria. -
1550 BCE
New kingdom
Ahmose of Thebes rose to power. Conquest and trade brought wealth to the pharaohs. -
Period: 1550 BCE to 1050 BCE
New Kingdom
The New Kingdom was the period during which the egypt reached the height of its power and glory. -
1500 BCE
Middle Kingdom
The Egyptians fought back in 1500s bc. Hyksos was drove out of egypt. Then Ahmose ruled all of egyot. -
1400 BCE
New Kingdom
Egypt was the leading militarily power in the region. Military conquests made Egypt rich as well as powerful. Kingdoms that Egypt conquered sent regularly gifts and treasures. -
1300 BCE
New Kingdom
As Egypt expanded so did the trade. Trade routes or paths followed by traders were created. Queen Hatshepsut worked to increase trade. Hatshepsut and other pharaohs used the money they gained from trade to support the arts and architecture Hatshepsit was remembered for many impressive monuments and temples built during her reign. -
1200 BCE
New Kingdom
Pharaoh Ramses fought the hittites who came from asia minor. They fought for many years but neither could defeat the other. Many people tried to invade them and ramses fought them off and built a series of forts to strenthen the borders. -
1150 BCE
New Kingdom
After Ramses the great died invaders called the sea peoples sailed into southwest asia. After 50 years of fighting the egyptians were able to turn them back. Egypt survived but shortly after Ancient Egypt fell into a period of violence and disorder and egypt would never regain its power. -
Middle Kingdom
The Hyksos from the southwest asia invaded the middle kingdom. They used horses, chariots, and advanced weapons.