old kingdom

By Alysa.b
  • 2700 BCE

    Old Kingdom

  • Period: 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE

    Old Kingdom

  • Period: 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE

    Old Kingdom

    pharoahs were gods the people believed
  • 2500 BCE

    Old Kingdom

    egyptians believed that the body had to be prepared for the afterlife before it could be placed in a tomb. the ka leaves the body after death and becomes the spirit.
  • 2500 BCE

    Old Kingdom

    pyramids are huge stone tombs with four triangle shaped sides that met in a point on top.they used them for burrying their rulers. they payed them with grain.
  • 2500 BCE

    Middle Kingdom

    building and maintaining pyramids cost a lot of money. Pharaohs could not collect enough taxes to keep up with the expenses.
  • 2500 BCE

    Middle Kingdom

    ambitious nobles used their government positions to take power from pharaohs.
  • 2400 BCE

    Old Kingdom

    elite is people of wealth and power. mummies are speacially treated bodies wrapped in cloth, a method is how people do something or something done.
  • 2400 BCE

    Old Kingdom

    they cared about the faroh after death. pyramid texts, they were spell.
  • 2400 BCE

    Middle Kingdom

    rulers and dynasties changed and egypt changed with them
  • 2200 BCE

    Middle Kingdom

    The old kingdom had fallen.
  • 2050 BCE

    Middle Kingdom

    The middle kingdom began after a period of no pharaoh.
  • Period: 2050 BCE to 1750 BCE

    Middle kingdom

  • 1750 BCE

    Middle kingdom

  • 1550 BCE

    Old Kingdom

    trader routes developed. An impressive monument and magnificent temples.
  • 1550 BCE

    New Kingdom

    empire took over hyksos, syria, and kush. empire from euphrates river to Kush.
  • 1500 BCE

    New Kingdom

    begins new kingdom
  • 1500 BCE

    New Kingdom

    began the new kingdom and had a period of power and glory.
  • 1550

    New Kingdom

    Queen Hatsheput sent traders north and south
  • New Kingdom

    Nobles are below the P in society. Nobles are rich powerful families. Farmers, pesents, and slaves made up 80% of the population