Egyptian Civilization
Egypt is one of the oldest civilization in the world. This civilization developed near to the Nile River, in Egypt. At the time, Egyptians developed a sophisticated irrigation system. They recorded the floods and plan together. These powers made Egyptian to have an advanced civilization.
Egyptian history was divide in to three periods called: the Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Egyptian history was divide in to three periods called: the Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
- The Old Kingdom lasted from 2700 B.C. to 2200 B.C. Egyptian monarchs were very powerful, and they titles “pharaoh,” which means “palace.”
- The Middle Kingdom ended about 1652 B.C. the Hyksos people started to invade, which they were from Western Asia. Egyptians drove the Hyksos out.
- During the New Kingdom, Egypt built an empire. Many people invaded Egypt from time to time which helped to collapse. In the thirteenth century B.C., invaders from the area around the Aegean Sea, “the Sea People,” dealt the final blow. In 1085 B.C., the New Kingdom collapsed.