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3000 BCE
Egypt in 3000 BC
This photo repesents how was Egypt in 3000 BC -
3000 BCE
The High and Under Egypt
In 3000 BC Egypt was divided in two parts, the “High Egypt (represented by a white crown)” and the “Under Egypt (represented by a red crown)”, but if the crown was red and white it meant that the 2 parts were unified. -
3000 BCE
The pharaoh Menes
Menes was the first pharaoh, he unified the two parts of Egypt and founded the first dynasty -
Period: 3000 BCE to 2050 BCE
OLD KINGDOM
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2700 BCE
The pharaoh Zoser
In the third dynasty, in the 2700 BC, the pharaoh was Zoser. The capital of Egypt was Menfis, and in this year started the tradition of build big pyramids made by stone. -
2570 BCE
The pyramids of Egypt
The pyramids of Egypt or the pyramids of Keops, Kefren and Micerinos are three pyramids. The pyramid of Keops was built in 2570 BC, the pyramid of Kefren was biuld in 2540 BC and the pyramid of Micerinos.was build in 2510 BC. The three pyramids are in Giza. They used more of 2 million of blocks of stone to built this pyramids. -
2050 BCE
The pharaoh Mentuhotep II
In 2050 BC, Mentuhotep II was the pharaoh of Egypt. He unified the two parts of Egypt again and the capital was translated to Tebas. -
Period: 2050 BCE to 1580 BCE
MIDDLE KINGDOM
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1800 BCE
Hyksos and North Egypt
In 1800 BC the village Hyksos invaded North Egypt, and the new capital of North Egypt was Avaris. -
Period: 1580 BCE to 1100 BCE
NEW KINGDOM
This period of time was most of the time in war and Egypt required a professional army, however, in this period of time there was a lot of architecture and the new capitals of Egypt were Menfis and Tebas.
The pharaohs were Amenhotep III, Amenhotep IV (he translated the capital to Ajet-Atón) and Tutankamon -
1550 BCE
Liberation War
In 1550 BCE, started the “Liberation War” between Hicsos and the capital of Egypt (Tebas). -
1400 BCE
Luxor Temple
The Luxor Temple is located on the east of the river Nile and it was built in 1400 BC. -
1279 BCE
The pharaoh Ramses
In 1279 BCE, the new pharaoh was Ramsés II or the King Builder too, because he built a lot of things, for example, the Abu Simbel. He changed the capital to Pi-Rameses. -
1274 BCE
Battle of Kadesh
In 1274 BCE, started the “Battle of Kadesh”, between the Egyptian Empire and the Hittite Empire. They did a peace treaty, but Ramsés said that he won the battle. Here is a video that explain better the Battle of Kadesh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWXtbpNs_So -
Period: 1100 BCE to 31 BCE
FOREIGN RULE
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1060 BCE
Egypt in problems
In 1060 BC, Egypt was invaded by Libyans, Palestinians, Nubians, Persians, Greeks, but they didn’t change the traditions of Egyptian. -
31 BCE
Egypt, Roman terrain
In 31 BC, started the “Battle of Actium”, between the troops of Cleopatra and Marco Antonio and the troops of Octavio, but Egypt lost the battle and was turned into Roman terrain. -
31 BCE
Egypt in 31 BC
This photo represents how was Egypt in 31 BC
