Ancient+Egypt

__**Ancient Egypt**__  3100-31 B.C   The Ancient Egyptian Empire started when Menes united the two kingdoms: Upper and Lower Egypt. Ancient Egypt is located west of the Sinai Peninsula which connects Egypt and Western Asia. They relied heavily on the Nile River, when the river would flood in the spring it would fertilize their land known as kemet. The Nile River is longest river in the world at 4,160 miles long. They had a bunch of natural barriers that protected them from invasions. They had the Libyan Desert, Red Sea, Nubian Desert, Mediterranean Sea, and Cataracts. The Sinai Peninsula connects Egypt and Western Asia. Ancient Egypt started when Menes united the two kingdoms of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt around 3100 B.C. Menes was the first ever pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. He then created the first capital city which was Memphis. Memphis means "City of White Walls". Egypt had 30 Dynasties which is "family of rulers passing of crown based on heredity". There was three major periods of Ancient Egypt. They were the Old Kingdom which lasted from 2700 B.C to 2200 B.C. The Old Kingdom was also know as the Pyramid Age. Ninety of the pyramids still stand today.The oldest building in the world is the Step Pyramid at Sakkara built on 2650 B.C. The Great Pyramid at Giza was built for the tomb of Pharaoh Khufu on 2450 B.C. The Middle Kingdom was also known as the Golden Age which lasted from 2050 B.C to 1800 B.C. It was famous for the lower classes getting mummification. The Hysko were the first to invade the Egyptians in 1652 B.C. The Tale of Sinhue lasted from 1570 to 1090 B.C. The first Queen Pharaoh Hatsheput lasted from 1473 to 1458 B.C. Thutmose III created the largest empire in Egyptian history.

 By 3000 B.C. the art of Egypt was so ripe and so far advanced that it is surprising to find any student of early culture proposing that the crude contemporary art of the early Babylonians is the product of a civilization earlier than that of the Nile. [|James H. Breasted]











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**__5 Most Important People from Ancient Egypt:__** __ **5 Key Terms:** __
 * 1. King Menes: First Pharaoh of Egypt and united Upper and Lower Egypt in 3100 BC.**
 * 2. King Thutmose III: His empire reached the largest size under his power.**
 * 3. Queen Hatsheput: She was the first female pharaoh and wore a ceremonial beard.**
 * 4. King Tutankhamen: He took the throne at the age of nine and proved children can rule. He died only at the age of 18.**
 * 5. Ramses II: He was the strongest Pharaohs and had the 1st ever written treaty.**


 * 1. Pharaoh: "Great House" or "palace", A title of an Egyptian monarch.**
 * 2. Mummification: a process of slowly drying a dead body to prevent it from rotting.**
 * 3. Dynasty: family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the family.**
 * 4. Sphinx: body of a lion and a head of a human.**
 * 5. Hieroglypics: "priest carvings" or "sacred writings", used both pictures and more abstract forms, was complex.**

UK Great perpesctive on Egyptian culture eye lid Pharaohs of Egypt BBC find out about their mysterious culture Kids Great for kids about Egypt online Look at ancient hieroglyphics