ancient civilizations. It's lifeline was the Nile river in the Nile valley. Here, Egyptian

dynasties ruled from the first cataract of the Nile to the Mediterranean Sea. At the it's

height it ruled an empire that reached from Syria in the east to Nubia in the south.

In this report I will be covering the Archaic Period, the Old Kingdom, the Middle

Kingdom the New Kingdom and The Late Period or 3100-332 B.C.

Archaic Period: 3100 B.C to 2750 B.C

There long history began with there first King who began the first Egyptian dynasty. In

3100 B.C Pharaoh Menes united upper and lower Egypt. Making Egypt's first empire. In

doing so, he made the Egyptian double crown. It was made by putting the red crown of

Lower Egypt on top of the white crown of upper Egypt.

Menes ruled from the ancient city of Thinis near Abydos. Under his reign the first

hieroglyphic writing was made. He is also credited with making his empire

Old Kingdom: 2750 B.C to 2181 B.C / First Intermediate Period: 2182-2260

Little is known about Menes successors until the reign of Zoser at the end of the 3rd

Taxation provided much of the wealth and was carefully organized. A census of fields and

Mentuhotep II reigned for 50 years and was buried at Deir el-Bahri. Under the reign of

independent states the were often at war with each other. To make the situation worse

Seti's son Ramesses II resumed hostilities and attacked the Hittites under King Muwatallis

l was located at Memphis on the Nile's west bank. He built the

20th Dynasty Egypt was divided between the High Preist at Thebes and the Vizier of

of the delta and the 14th dynasty that ruled a small are in the delta.

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