PART ONE

By Rhiannon123
  • Period: 3100 BCE to 2686 BCE

    EARLY DYNASTY

  • 2925 BCE

    MEMPHIS

    Memphis was an ancient city in Egypt, it was founded by Menes. He untied the lower and upper part of Egypt together.
    Memphis collapses
    Ptah was the local god of Memphis, he was the patron for craftsmen and artisans.
  • 2890 BCE

    Hieroglyphs

    Hieroglyphs were was a writing system used by the ancient Egyptians.
    Their writing system was very pictorial, the word originated from the Greeks words 'hiero' and 'glypho' menaing holy writing.
    In the Egyptian Period they call hieroglyphs 'medu netjer' translating to 'the god's' word' because they believed that the gods invented writing.
  • 2670 BCE

    Djoser

    Djoser was a Pharaoh / king of the first dynasty were he ruled for over 20 years.
    His name Netjerikhet means 'divine of body' and Djoser means 'stability'
    The stability of the country under Djoser was due in part to his success in securing his borders and then extending them. Expansion was due to his advanced military
  • 2630 BCE

    Step Pyramid

    The Step Pyramid was built as a way to remember Djoser's reign, that he is worthy of remembering. The Step Pyramid was built by skilled craftsmen and labourers, it was also the first building to be made out of stone. The limestone walls are engraved with images of all kinds of animals, fish, birds, insects, vegetation, and people hunting, herding, and farming.
  • Period: 2613 BCE to 2181 BCE

    The Old Kingdom

    The Old Kingdom is the Early Dynastic Period to the First Intermediate Period
    http://www.ancient.eu/Old_Kingdom_of_Egypt/
  • 2560 BCE

    The Great Pyramid Of Giza

    The Great Pyramid of Giza was made out of three small pyramids, they were built by Pharaoh Khufu. It was a burial place for Khufu
  • 2284 BCE

    Pharaoh Pepi II

    Pharaoh Pepi II, was a pharaoh for 90 years who ruled near the end of the Old Kingdom.
    He was only 6 years old when he started his reign
    it is speculated that due to his long reign and unable to manage the mass of people it resorted to crop failure and famine
  • Period: 2181 BCE to 2055 BCE

    First Intermediate Period

    This time period waas referred to as the 'dark age'
  • 2134 BCE

    Thebes

    Egypt divides into two sections; Thebes in Upper Egypt (south) and Heracleopolis in Lower Egypt (north)
    Thebes was a city in Egypt, it was a minor trading post in upper Egypt
  • Period: 2040 BCE to 1782 BCE

    The Middle Kingdom

    This is the time period where art and literature flourished
  • Period: 2040 BCE to 1750 BCE

    Thebes

    Thebes was a very religious and political city
  • 2008 BCE

    Nebhepetre Mentuhotep

    Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II reigned for 51 years as king of the South of Egypt, he launched an attack on the Nothern part of Egypt what reunited Egypt under one rule. Thebes became the capital of Egypt
  • Period: 1878 BCE to 1839 BCE

    The Pharaoh Senusert III

    The Pharaoh Senusert III was one of the most powerful leaders of the Middle Kingdom. He is sometimes called a "warrior-king" because he personally to led his troops into battle.
  • 1844 BCE

    Amenemhet III reign was at its peak

  • 1818 BCE

    Amenemhet III

    Amenemhet found a way to regulate the water from Lake Moeris
  • Period: 1782 BCE to 1570 BCE

    Second Intermediate Period

  • Period: 1700 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Egypt Divided

    Egypt divided between three powers: Hyksos at Avaris, Egyptians at Thebes, Nubians to the south
  • Period: 1630 BCE to 1523 BCE

    Hykos

    The war with the Hyksos led to that the Egyptians established their first standing army.
    When the Hyksos came to Egypt they brought a new method of making bronze and casting it into their tools and weapons
    they were the first people to use a horse drawn chariots what allowed them to go into battle more carefully
  • 300 BCE

    Manetho

    Manetho was an Egyptian Preist he also created an Aegyptiaca what was a way of dividing the rulers into dynasties or ruling houses what helped form the Egyptian system