EgyptEgypt

Importance of the NileImportance of the Nile

IrrigationNavigationFlooding provided

rich, fertile mudNilometer

Law and Social OrderLaw and Social Order

LawNo written codeOral traditionWhatever the pharaoh said.

Social OrderClass systemUpper class stabilityLower class could move up via education

TimelineTimeline

First & Second Dynasties (3100 – 2686 BCE) Old Kingdom (2686 – 2180 BCE) Middle Kingdom (2140 – 1786 BCE) New Kingdom (1570 – 1085 BCE) Third Intermediate Period (1085 – 332 BCE) Ptolemaic Period (332 – 30 BCE)

Palette of Narmer (Menes) 3100 BCE

Palette of Narmer (Menes) 3100 BCE

Old KingdomOld Kingdom

Central state ruled by pharaohPyramids Theocracy

Middle KingdomMiddle Kingdom

The Good Large drainage project Contact with Crete and Middle East Egypt took Hyksos tech and used it to drive

Hyksos out.

The Bad Corruption and rebellions Invaded and occupied by Hyksos.

Bronze weaponsChariotsCompound bows

Literature turned pessimistic

New KingdomNew Kingdom

ConquestsCultureQueen HatshepsutAkhenatonTutankhamenRamses II

Third Intermediate PeriodThird Intermediate Period

Expansion weakens control of pharoah. Egypt splits in two.The Kush in Nubia rebel and seize Egypt. Ashurbanipal of Assyria conquers Egypt.Egypt left in turmoil and ripe for…

Ptolemaic PeriodPtolemaic Period

Alexander the Great conquers EgyptHe’s viewed as a savior.One of his generals, Ptolemy I, is given

Egypt after Alexander’s death.

We’ll pick up this story later.