Ancient Egyptian Culture

Part 2 – History of Ancient Egypt

Pre-Old Kingdom

• before 3100 BCE• villages of Upper

Egypt united under one king• same for Lower

Egypt• 3050 BCE: Upper

Egypt takes over Lower Egypt

Old Kingdom

• one kingdom• from 2700 BCE to

2200 BCE• generally peaceful• started to fight

over who would be king• priests gained

power

Transition Era

• war and confusion from 2200 BCE to 2050 BCE• no strong king• provinces

separated• starvation• floods alternating

with droughts

Middle Kingdom

• 2050 BCE to 1800 BCE• back to a central

government• kept ways of Old

Kingdom• pharoah less

powerful• trade routes

reopened

Another Transition

• 1800 BCE to 1567 BCE• invaders took over

Lower Egypt• Hyskos• chariots and horses

New Kingdom

• 1567 BCE to 1100 BCE• King Ahmose from

Upper Egypt takes over• expanded into

border lands• safer from attack

Fall of Egyptian Civilization

• invasions:• 1100 BCE – Libyans• 671 BCE – Assyrians• later:• Babylonians• Greeks• Persians• Romans• Turks• British