Ancient+Egypt

__**Ancient Egypt (2700 BC to 31 BC) By: Reed and Jordan**__

__**Rosetta Stone-**__ transated stone, helped us to understand the egyptian hyroglyphics, found in 1799 by Jean Champollion
Ancient Egypt also called "House of the Spirit" by the Greeks was home to two kindoms, Upper Egypt, and Lower Egypt. Upper Egypt wore white crowns with a cobra symbol, it was located upstream of the Nile River which is the southern part. Lower Egypt wore a red crown with a vulture symbol, it was located close to the Med. Sea. The first Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt was Menes who united the two kingdoms. The first capital of the united kingdoms of Ancient Egypt was Memphis or "City of White Walls". In Ancient Egypt there were 42 Egyptian provinces called Nomes.

There were three periods of Ancient Egytian history, the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kindom. The Old Kindom also called the pyrimid age was the greates period of Egyptian History from (2700 BC - 2200 BC). The Step Pyramid at Sakkara was built in this Kindom. It is the world's oldest building made in 2650 BC. The Middle Kingdom also known as the Golden Age, started mummification for lower classes. In this Age they chaned the capital to Thebes or "City of a 1,00 Gates".The first invasion of Egypt happened in this Age, 1652 BC. The first invasion of Egypt was by Hyksos or the princes of the desert. The New Kingdom or the Empire Age was known for the first femal ruler in history Queen Hatcheput "Queen Pharaoh" ruled from 1473 BC to 1458 BC.

The egyptions believed in many gods and believed in the after life. The main Gods included Amon- RE, Osiris, Horus, Anubis, and Hapi. Osiris is the God of Nile and underworld. He is the judge of the dead and wieghed your sins with a feather. The egyptions mummified the bodies because they thought you would have the same body in the after life you have now. When they would mummify the bodys they would have take out the orgins and even the brain. They would put your orgins in canapicjars, and they would dry the body with natron. Until 2050 BC they didnt mumify the lower classes.

**__Important People__**

 * __1. Menes-__** In 3100 BC Menes became the 1st Pharaoh of Egypt, and united the 2 kingdoms.
 * __2. King Tut-__** The boy king, died at the age of 18. He may have restored monotheism.
 * __3. Howard Carter-__** 1922 AD he discovered Tut's Tomb which held 5,000 works of art.
 * __4. Ramses 2-__** The strongest of the pharaohs, wrote the first treaty in history in 1280 BC.
 * __5. Cleopatra-__** Important because she was the last Pharaoh of Egypt in 31 BC.

__Quote__
"All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise." Cleopatra media type="youtube" key="GaInDIv3-V8" width="425" height="350" media type="custom" key="10871526" [|King Tut] This website is about King Tut an Egyption Pharoah who died at the age of 18. He also was the pharoah that changed the religions back to polytheism in Egypt. http://worldhistoryrcjb.wikispaces.com/Ancient+Egypt [|egyptian history] This website talks about the many achievments that the egyptians did, like the pyrimids and hieroglyphics. It also talkes about the religion in Egypt. [|The inside story of the pyrimids] This website talks about the pyrimids and has many interesting facts about them. It also shows all of the pyrimids in egypt. [|Egyptian Art] In this website it shows many of the egyptian masterpieces. Some of these include the pyrimids and the tombs they made for the paroahs. [|Eygpt's Golden Empire] In this website you will learn about many of the great egyptian leaders. It also tells you what they did and how they impacted the world.

**__Timeline-__**
__1. 3100 B.C.-__ King Menes unites villages of Upper and Lower Egypt. __2. 300 B.C.-__ Writing emerges in Egypt in the form of hieroglyphics. __3. 2700 B.C.-__ Old Kingdom starts in Egypt. __4. 2540 B.C.-__ Great Pyramid built at Giza. __5. 2200 B.C.-__ The Old Kingdom collapses. __6. 2050 B.C.-__ The Middle Kingdom is formed. __7. 1652 B.C.-__ The Hyksos invade Egypt. __8. 1567 B.C.-__ The New Kingdom is formed. __9. 1279 B.C.-__ Ramses II rules Egypt. __10. 1085 B.C.-__ The New Kingdom collapses.