Chart on Egyptian History

  Old Kingdom

Lasted over

1000 years

(1)___________

[united upper and lower Egypt]

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­(2)___________,

the Sun God,

 was special protector-god of the city of Memphis

(3)_____________

The pharaohs were buried in tombs known as  (4)__________________ 

Power rested with Pharoah and the priests. The government was a theocracy.

 The nation becomes divided by power struggles between the various cities, each with its own king/general who wants to be the ruler of Egypt and make their city the capital. Civil wars are common as cities align themselves with the man they think can win. No one man proves strong enough to take over the whole nation.

The Middle

Kingdom

lasted about 400 years

(c. 2100 BC-

1700 BC)

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(5)_____________

Many gods and each city had their own favorite. No clear “chief”  god.

Capital switched around several times

Irrigation projects & trade were big.

Power shifts from the pharaoh & the priests to the nobles and the merchants; this caused the rise of the­­­­­ (6)__________ class.

Invasion by the (7) _________________  (c. 1700 BC) This was a devastating invasion to the Egyptians.

Read the text box on p. 49 – What man in the Bible probably came to Egypt at this time?      

(8)________________________

The New

Kingdom

1545- 1200 BC

(around 300 years)

(9)___________

General who drove out the Hyksos and became pharaoh.

(10)___________

(Two gods became combined as one)

(11)_______________

(with the exception of Ahkenaton’s rule when the capital was moved to Amarna)

Pharaohs are all buried in the (12)__________________.

Pyramids are no longer being built.