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Menes was a pharaoh of the early dynastic period of ancient Egypt.
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The old kingdom is the name given to the period in the third millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous leak of civilization.
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Also known as the Period of reunification. Period of the I story of ancient Egypt stretching from the reunification of Egypt under the impulse of Mentuhotep ll of the eleventh dinasty to the end of the twelfth dinasty.
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By 1700 BC, Egypt was fragmenting politically.
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Egyptian empire. It was Egypts most prosperous period and marked the peak of its power
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He was the fourth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. He was influenced by his wife Hathsepsut so, he built some minor monuments and initiated at least two minor campaigns.
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Hathsepsut was the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt.
Major acomplishments:
~Trade routes
~building projects
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He had the second longest reign in Egyptian history. He was known because he had wars with the Hittites and with the Libyans. Also because of his extensive building programs and the many colossal statues of him founded all over Egypt.
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Cambyses ll of Persia conquer the fourth major power of the ancient near east, completing the series of conquests begun by his father Cyrus ll the great.
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Alexander the Great conquered Egypt. He had an on-going campaign against the Persian empire of Darius lll. He also conquered Persia's naval bases and then, he moved to the south into Egypt .
