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KINGDOM OF THE NILE Without the Nile, Egypt would be a
baron desert. Its waters flooded annually It soaked the land with life-giving water
and deposited a layer of rich silt (fine clay, carried by running water, saturated with nutrients)
Flooding was PREDICTABLE! The Nile flows south to north!
Why is this very significant for the development of Egypt?
UNITING UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT Ancient Egypt had 2 distinct regions,
Upper (the South) and Lower Egypt (the North).
They were divided at the first cataract (waterfall)
UNIFICATION OF EGYPT King Menes: credited with unifying upper
and lower Egypt at about 3100 b.c.e. Built a central government Ruled by the pharaoh – Menes being the
first A pharaoh is a god living on earth Egypt operated under the rule of a pharaoh
and his bureaucracy—system of gov’t that includes departments and levels of authority.
As in Mesopotamia—most Egyptians were peasants, or poor farmers
CONSTRUCTION OF PYRAMIDS Began during the Old Kingdom (2660-
2160 b.c.e.) Tombs and shrines to pharaohs
84,000Builders!
NOTABLE LEADERS OF THE NEW KINGDOM Hatshepsut: the first female ruler 1472
b.c.e. to 1458 b.c.e. Established trade in the Mediterranean lands
Thutmose III took over as pharaoh (stepson). A great military general Thutmose III expanded the empire to its greatest reaches
Ramses II ruled for 66 years form 1279 to 1213.
THE DECLINE OF EGYPT After 1100 b.c.e. Egyptian power slowly
declined Invaders such as Assyrians and Persians
conquered the Nile region In 332 b.c.e. the Egyptian dynasty
ended as the Greeks took control In 30 b.c.e. Roman armies displaced the
Greeks