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Ancient Egyptian Civilization

Kemet- the Black Land. Ancient Egyptian Civilization. First image comes to mind…. Egypt: “Gift of the Nile”…Herodotus. No rain but agricultural prosperity was unmatched. July Inundation receded in October leaving rich, fertile soil. Isolation impacted on psyche-

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Ancient Egyptian Civilization

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  1. Kemet- the Black Land Ancient Egyptian Civilization

  2. First image comes to mind…

  3. Egypt: “Gift of the Nile”…Herodotus No rain but agricultural prosperity was unmatched. July Inundation receded in October leaving rich, fertile soil.

  4. Isolation impacted on psyche- harmony, everything was in balance: “ma’at”

  5. Egyptian motto: “Eat, Drink and be Merry”

  6. Egyptian afterlife: “Happy Field of Floods”

  7. Like Mesopotamia, religion was the center of Egyptian life. Religious beliefs reflected the importance of nature as a benevolent force

  8. The Hall of Justice

  9. The Palette of Narmer, 3100 BC: The Archaic Period

  10. The Old Kingdom, or Age of the Pyramids, 2686-2181 BC

  11. The Rosetta Stone 196 BC Ptolemy V

  12. Jean Francois Champollion • took 13 years to decipher the Rosetta Stone, 1822. • “father of Egyptology”

  13. Civil War between Noble families ended the Old Kingdom

  14. Mentuhotep II>re-established the central government and built a new capital at Thebes>major rebuilding program>drained swamps >restored irrigation systems>built canal to the Red Sea>Repelled the Nubians>trade flourished with the Kush, Syria, Mesopotamia and Crete The Middle Kingdom, 2090-1650 BCE

  15. Thy Hyksos invasions, 1720 BC– led to the 2nd intermediate period • Hyksos invaders introduce the chariot

  16. Ahmose I - founder of the New Kingdom (1570-1070 BC

  17. Queen Hatshepsut, “Restorer of Egypt”(1479 - 1458 BC)

  18. Thutmose III“The Napoleon of Egypt”(1479-1426 BC)>17 military campaigns during 32 year reign- never lost a battle!>captured 350 cities in Palestine

  19. Akhenaton 1379-1362 BC Nefertiti

  20. Tutankhamen King Tut’s burial mask. Howard Carter, 1922

  21. Anubis, God of the Dead

  22. Abu Simbel- temple of Ramesses II (Ramesses the Great)

  23. The Battle of Kadesh, 1275BCE

  24. Temple of Horus, Ramses III • Hekla volcano in Iceland??? • Labor strikes • Civil unrest • Series of droughts • Below-normal flooding • Famine • Official corruption • Power grabs by High Priests at Thebes • Invasions by Sea Peoples and Libyan tribesmen

  25. Ptolemy I Cleopatra VII

  26. Any questions?

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