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

The Hyksos identity is not known and there was no evidence that they invaded Egypt.

one campaign against the Libyans and he also campaigned in the east and restored

dynasty began. The first ruler of the new dynasty was Ramesses I. His reign of 2 years

Although most of Ramesses III reign was prosperous and the king made many gifts to the

succeeded by his younger brother Ahmosis, who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt persued

Some topics in this essay:
BC Egypt, Sesostris III, Intermediate Period, Ramesses III, Syria Egyptian, Ramesses II’s, Memphis Nile’s, Ancient Egypt, Egypt Menes, Hyksos Egypt, intermediate period, middle kingdom, lower egypt, conquered egypt, population delta, syria palestine, hyksos rule, babylonians conquered egypt, babylonians conquered, archaic period, 18th dynasty, fell period decline, egypt fell period,