the old kingdom

By sermanges
  • 24,000 BCE

    the old kingdom

    mummies are specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth.only elite people of wealth and power could be mummified. The method embalming is the process to preserve the bodies and to keep them from decaying Egyptians preserve bodied as mummies.
  • 23,000 BCE

    the old kingdom

    The Egyptians wanted to make sure the pharaohs tomb of big and might. They also made pyramid texts/spells.
  • 23,000 BCE

    the middle kingdom

    pharaohs could not collect enough taxes to keep up with their expenses.the nobles used their government positions to take power from pharaohs.
  • 2700 BCE

    the old kingdom

  • Period: 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE

    The old kingdom

  • Period: 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE

    the old kingdom

    Pharaohs were gods the Egyptians believed
  • 2600 BCE

    the old kingdom

    The nobles are below the pharaoh in society. Nobles are rich powerful families. Farmers,peasants,and slaves made up 80% of the population.
  • 2500 BCE

    the old kingdom

    the Egyptians believed that the afterlife was a happy place. the Egyptians belief in the afterlife stemmed from their idea of ka or a persons life force. the Egyptians believed when a person died his or her ka left the body and became the spirit.
  • Period: 2500 BCE to

    middle kingdom

    the middle kingdom began after a period of no pharaoh,
  • 2200 BCE

    the middle kingdom

    about 2200 BC the old kingdom had fallen for the next 160 years local nobles ruled much of Egypt,during this period.the kingdom had no central ruler.
  • 2050 BCE

    the middle kingdom

  • 2050 BCE

    finally around 2050 BC a powerful pharaoh defeated his rivals and once again Egypt was united His rule began the Middle kingdom.

  • Period: 1580 BCE to 1050

    the new kingdom

    Sina peninsula had turquoise and copper.Trade routes developed green hat she put sent trades north and South .Impressive movement magnificent temples.
  • Period: 1570 BCE to 1050

    the new kingdom

    empire took over hyksos,syria,ad kush. empire from Euphrates river to kush.
  • 1550 BCE

    the new kingdom

  • Period: 1500 BCE to 1050 BCE

    the new kingdom

    ahmose of thieves drove out hyksos . The new kingdom was called the period of power and glory.
  • Period: 1200 to 1050

    the new kingdom

    Ramses fought Hittites. Egyptians fought Hittites,sea peoples,and survived.100 Egypt fell into period of violence never returns.

  • the middle kingdom

    towards the end of the middle kingdom Egypt began to fall into disorder once again. Around 1750 a group from south west Asia called Hyksos

  • the old kingdom

    Pyramids are huge,stone tombs with four triangle shaped sides that met in a point on top.the Egyptians built the first pyramid during the old kingdom.the engineering process of the pyramids took 2 million limestone blocks.the government would pay the slaves with grain.