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Timeline of Ancient Egypt
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Old Kingdom
• Pharaohs had all government & Religious Power
• The Pharaoh was a landlord and rented out land to the nobles
• Pyramids were built to protect the dead
• Hieroglyphics told the pharaoh’s story
• Sphinx was a monument that represents the pharaoh as Ra, the sun god.
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Reasons For Decline:
• Collected taxes, but pyramids were still too costly
• Pharaohs began to lose authority over nomes
• Crops failed and people suffered
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Middle Kingdom
• A noble named Amenemhet I became pharaoh
• He gave power back to Pharaoh
• Moved capital to Thebes• Arts and literature
flourished• Successful war against
Nubia• Trade was successful
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Reasons for Decline:
• Weak dynasties• Hyksos Warriors:
Rulers of the uplands, who used horses, chariots, and bronze weapons. They destroyed temples, art burned cities. They invaded Egypt.
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New Kingdom
• Egyptian Pharaohs drove out Hyksos Warriors
• The Egyptians created a standing army of charioteers, bowman and foot soldiers.
• Hatshepsut
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Reasons for Decline:
• Small invasions• The peace treaty between
Hittites & Ramses II caused Egypt to lose some dominance
• Ramses III was defeated by wave of people of the sea
• Fell under Persia• Alexander the Great occupied
Egypt and Cleopatra became the last pharaoh
• Defeated in naval battle against Rome and became a Roman Empire