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Began when farmers first moved into the Nile valley from Western Asia, and ended when the dynastic rule of Egypt began.
Split into four periods:
Early Predynastic (Badarian) (5000-3900 BC)
Middle Predynastic (Nagada I or Amratian) (3900-3650 BC)
Late Predynastic (Nagada II or Gerzean) (3650-3300 BC)
Terminal Predynastic (Nagada III or Proto-Dynastic) (3300-3050 BC) -
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Also unites northern and southern Egypt.
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Began with Djoser.
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Djoser's vizier detailed the diagnosis and cure of 200 diseases.
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During his reign, he builds the first straight-side pyramid, known as the Red Pyramid.
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The Sphinx is built for pharaoh Khafra sometime during his reign. He also built the second largest pyramid of Giza.
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His reign was said to have lasted about 12 years.
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He is buried in a pyramid in South Saqqar.
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Also reunites Egypt, makes Thebes the capital of Egypt, establishes the 11th dynasty and builds the mortuary complex of Deir el Bahri
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At Heliopolis (Cairo), the site of the cult of Ra/Atum
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Beginning the 12th Dynasty, probably by overthrowing Mentuhotep IV. He relocates the capital from Thebes to Itjtawy, south of Memphis.
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With its labyrinth
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Considered the golden age of the Middle Kingdom Period. He constructs the Labyrinth at Harawa
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The 12th Dynasty starts declining
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He built some of the last pyramids in Eygpt and laid the foundation for the New Kingdom Period.
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He begins his reign after Ahmose I passes away.
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Thutmose I, his brother-in-law, rises to power.
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Empire expands as far as the Euphrates.
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After taking throne from his brother-in-law-, Amenhotep I. First pharaoh to be buried in the Valley of the Kings in a tomb cut in the rock.
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After Thutmose I passes away. Reorganizes the bureaucracy of the empire’s military.
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He is is victorious against the Mitannis.
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After taking the throne from his father, Amenhotep VI
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He appoints Ramesses I as the next pharaoh which begins the 19th Dynasty.
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The Grandson of Ramesses I
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After his death, his son Ramesses III takes the throne
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But the Egyptians expel the Assyrians and begin a period of revival
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Ptolemy was one of Alexander the Great's generals
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She was the last queen of independent Egypt in ancient times,and Egypt is annexed by the Roman Empire
