Egypt
Egypt—Terms Menes (c. 3,000 B.C.) Pharaoh Ma’at (Justice or Order) Vizier Hieroglyphics Papyrus Rosetta Stone Old Kingdom (2,700 – 2,200 B.C.) Middle Kingdom (2,000 – 1,800 B.C.) Co-optation Hyksos New Kingdom (1,600 – 1,100 B.C.) Hatshepsut Thutmose III Akhenaton Nefertiti Amarna Revolution Tutankhamen (r. 1,352 – 1,344 B.C.) Ramses II (r. 1,300 – 1,250 B.C.)
Egypt
Egypt and the Nile River
Egypt and the Nile River
Nomes (Agricultural Districts)
Upper and Lower Egypt
The Scorpion King—One of the First to Appear in Written Records
The “Real” Scorpion King
The Kings of Lower & Upper Egypt
Narmer/Menes(King of Upper Egypt)—Egypt’s First Pharaoh
Pharaoh—Embodiment of the God, Ra
Ma’at Cosmic order and justice Right, truth and order
Vizier (Chief Minister) Supervised the running of the government Ptah-hotep
Hieroglyphics
Papyrus
Rosetta Stone—One Document in Three Languages—Ancient Egyptian, Demotic (later form of Egyptian), & Greek
The Old Kingdom (2,700 – 2,200 B.C.) The Age of the Pyramids
Pyramids at Giza
The “Great” (Cheops) Pyramid
The Old Kingdom Capital at Memphis
First Intermediate Period The Rise of Thebes Outside invasion
The Middle Kingdom (2,000 – 1,800 B.C.) The Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings
Art of the Middle Kingdom Boy driving his donkeys Men threshing grain
Second Intermediate Period Hyksos
Second Intermediate Period Invaded & divided
The New Kingdom ( 1,600 – 1,100 B.C.) Hatshepsut (r. 1,479 – 1,450 B.C.)
The New Kingdom Thutmose III (r. 1450 – 1425 B.C.)
Thutmose III’s Conquests
The New Kingdom Akhenaton (Amenhotep—r. 1369-1353 B.C.)
Akhenaton Worshipping Aton
Nefertiti
Amarna Revolution
Amarna Revolution—Naturalism/Realism in Art
The New Kingdom—Tutankhamen
King Tut’s Tomb
King Tut’s Tomb
Howard Carter With King Tut
King Tut’s Tomb
The New Kingdom Ramses II (r. 1,300 – 1,250 B.C.)