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Ancient Egypt 3100 B.C. - 30 B.C.   By: Jacob Wasem and Cameron Pederson

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__ 5 Key People in Ancient Egyptian History __ Menes - He was the first pharaoh of Egypt, united the upper and the lower kingdoms and created the first Egyptian dynasty. Queen Hatshepsut - She was the first Queen Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, and she wore ceremonial beard to show that she was the Pharaoh. Queen Neferetti - "The beutiful one that has come", wife of Amenhotep the 4th, restored polytheism in Ancient Egypt when her husband was  Pharaoh. King Tutankamen - "King Tut", boy king who died at age 18 and was the youngest person to become Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt. Thutmose the 3rd - Called the "Napolean of Egypt," received his name after conquering Syria and Persia when he was Pharaoh.

__ 5 Key Terms __ Dynasty - A name that was given to a family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the family in Ancient. Pharaoh - means "great house", possesses absolute power and has all control over all of Egypt during the Ancient Egypt Period. Hieroglyphics - Egyptian form of writing, means "priest carvings" or "sacred writings" that was used to write on pillars and walls. Mummification - a process of slowly drying a dead body to prevent it from rotting by taking out the organs and putting a special paste on the body. Ka - An Egyptian idea that a spirit that inhabits the body during life and may leave it in death, means "sould" or "spirit".

__Overview of Egypt__ Ancient Egypt was a place where a great civilization happened. The Nile River, also called the "Giver of Life," which is the longest river in the world aided Ancient Egypt in many ways. It holds the cataracts which are a natural defense barrier to the south of Egypt. These rapids protected Egypt from invading forces along with the Mediterranian Sea in the north, the Lybian Desert in the East and the Red Sea in the East. The only way to cross into Ancient Egypt if you were invading was to go across the Sinai Peninsula which is a triangle that connects Egypt and Western Asia.

There are two kingdoms of Egypt. Upper Egypt and the lower Egypt. Upper Egypt is the land upstream to the south. Lower Egypt is the land closest to the Medeterranian Sea. The first pharaoh of Egypt was Menes, who was one of the most ifluencial and remembered pharaohs. Menes united the upper and lower parts of Egypt into one.He also created the first Egyptian dynasty in history. There were a total of 30 dynastys that ruled in Ancient Egypt. In Egypt pharaoh meant, "Great House."In Ancient Egypt there were 42 Nomes, or egyptian provinces. The Egyptians believed in many gods. There was Amon-Re the sun god, Osiris the god of the nile and underworld, Isis the wife of Osiris, Horus the falcon god and the god of heaven and Anubis the god of embalming. There is also Hapi the god of nile flooding, and Maat which is the divine cosmic principle of the universe that keeps truth and justice in the world.

The time period of Ancient Egypt consisted of three periods. The first period was the Old Kingdom or the Pyramid Age. This period of time contained the first egyptian capital ever, Memphis, or the City of White Walls. The Pyramid Age was the greatest period of Ancient Egyptian history. Today 90 pyramids still stand. One of the main pyramids is the Great Pyramid at Giza. This pyramid was constructed by Pharaoh Khufu in 2450 BC. Another popular pyramid is the Sphinx, or the "Guardian of Sacred Places." It contained a lions head and a human body and had the face of pharaoh Khafre on it. The Middle Kingdom was the second period in ancient egyptian history. This period of time was also called the Golden Age. During this period the capital was moved the Thebes, "The City of a 1,000 Gates." The third and final period of this time was the New Kingdom, or Empire Age. This period of time consisted of the last capital of Ancient Egypt which was Alexandria. The egyptians believed highly in the life after death which is why mummification was common in ancient egypt. Egypts form of writing was called heiroglyphics and was used to record data later found by Jean Champollion on the Rosetta Stone.


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__Timeline of Ancient Egypt__ 3100 BC - Menes becomes first Pharaoh of Egypt, united upper and lower kingdoms 2450 BC - Pharaoh Khufu builds Great Pyramid at Giza 1493 BC - Thutmose the 3rd conquers Syria and Persia and empire reaches its greatest size 1353-1356 BC - Amenhotep the 4th starts religious revolution, polytheism to monotheism 1332-1322 BC - King Tutankhamen becomes boy king, dies at age 18 1304-1237 BC - Remses the 2nd was the strongest of pharaohs, was in war vs. Hittites 1280 BC - 1st written treaty in history 1090 BC - Civil wars, power declines and invasions allowed by the sea peoples, Assyrians and the Persians 31 BC - Cleopatra is the last pharaoh of Egypt 1922 AD - Howard Carter discovered King Tut's tomb at the Valley of the Kings, went 3200 years untouched

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