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Jan 30, 1070
New Kingdom ended
It collapsed -
Jan 30, 1200
Invasions by the "sea peoples"
Drove Egyptians back within their old frontiers -
Jan 30, 1550
New Kingdom was established
Used new weapons to drive out the Hyksos and reunite Egypt -
The Middle Kingdom came to an end
Invasion of Egypt by a group of people from western Asia known as the Hyksos -
System of warring city-states lasted until 1792
City-state south of Akkad, Hammurabi came control. Gained power over Sumer and Akkad. Creating new Mesopotamia kingdom -
Middle Kingdom was created
New dynasty gained control of all Egypt -
Neighbors attacked the Akkadian empire
The empire fell -
Sargon overran Sumerian city-states
He built the first empire in world history -
Built at Giza the great pyramid was built
It covers 13 acers. 756ft on each side of its base, and stands 481ft tall -
One system of writing started
The Greeks later called this earliest Egyptian writing hieroglyphics -
Egypts history begins
King Menes united Upper and Lower Egypt to a single kingdom and created the first royal dynasty