Herodotus“The Gift of the Nile” 2
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Sirius Nomes Upper Egypt (22 Nomes) Lower Egypt (20 Nomes) 5
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Aha Narmer Menes Dynasties (31) 8
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Early Dynastic Period3100 – 2700 BC Dynasties 1 – 2 Old Kingdom2700 – 2200 BC Dynasties 3 – 6 1st Intermediate Period2200 – 2025 BC Dynasties 7 – 10 Middle Kingdom2025 – 1630 BC Dynasties 11 – 12 2 nd Intermediate Period1630 – 1550 BC Dynasties 13 – 17 New Kingdom1550 – 1075 BC Dynasties 18 – 20 Post Empire1075 – 31/30 BC Dynasties
Macedonians332 BC Ptolemy Cleopatrad. 31/30 BC 13
Pharaoh Matrilineal 14
King Royal Family Court (Officials, Scribes ) Farmers/Craftspeople Servants 15
Theocracy King Vizier Nomarchs Imaku – “fed from the hand” 16
Polytheistic Anthropomorphic Zoomorphic Composite Naturalistic Animistic Pantheistic 17
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Re (Ra) Osirus King Zoser (Djoser) Imhotep 20
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Giza Khufu(Cheops) Khafre(Chephren) Menkaure(Mycrinus) Sphinx 23
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27 Pyramids of Giza
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Corvee Amenemhet Hyksos Wheel Horse Chariot Ahmose 29
Expansion Trade Professional Army Syria, Palestine, Nubia, Sudan Syria, Palestine, Aegean, Crete 30
Damnatio Memoriae Punt Thutmose II Thutmose III 31
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Amonhotep IV Amonhotep III Tiy Amon Aton Akhenaton Hydrocephaly 37
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Tel el Amarna Akhetaton Henotheism 46
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