Ancient Egypt

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11000 - bc

People started to move into the Nile Valley. In the beginning they would find and collect food. They will then grow crops, retain animals and construct houses across the banks of the river nile.

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3400 - BC

First burials in Egypt occur in the procedure of a grave being dug inside the ground and the body is inserted in a curled-up posture, with jars and baskets for food and drink in the afterlife period.

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3250- bc

Writing in the form of hieroglyphs signs evolves in which the egytians will use to write valuable information in a period lasting over 3,600 years.

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3100-BC

Unification of Egypt: One of the first Kings of Egypt Narmer begins to command Upper and Lower Egypt.

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2700-BC

Hieractic Script (Cursive Hieroglyphic Signs) has completely evolved which leads to daily information being recorded in a fast and simple manner.

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2700-bc

Artificial preservation of deceased bodies continues to evolve, in which the Egyptians contiune to develop mummification through taking out the organs and drying the body with natural salt, oils and wrappings.

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2600-2500 - bc

Three large pyramids are constructed at Giza using stone. The pyramid that was constructed for King Khafre is protected by a large stone phinx who's body is similar to a lion and head is similar to a king.

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2100 - BC

Coffin texts come into use in order to succour a dead person moving across the underworld to an afterlife period. The Coffin texts are inscribed on the coffins of rich ancient egyptians.

2055 - bc

Upper and Lower Egypt Reunify: In the year 2200 BC the authority of Egypt falls apart in which Upper and Lower are under separate rule. In 2055 BC, Mentuhotep 11 succeeds as King of Upper Egypt, in which he will later take power over the whole country.

2055-1650 - bc

Throughout the Middle Kingdom, rich people have wooden models of individuals making food or travelling on a boat placed inside the tombs to guarantee stable meals and secure travel in their afterlife period.

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1860 - bc

Senusret III becomes King of Egypt. Throughout his 39 years in power. He increases the size of the Egyptian territory and the country becomes affluent and dominant.

1799 - 1795 - bc

Queen Neferusobek becomes one of the earliest female leaders of the country and the first to have a name that is related to the crocodile god Sobek.

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1700 - bc

Book of the Dead: This book contains a collection of 200 spells to safeguard the dead people throughout their pathway towards afterlife, begins to be used. It is mostly inscribed on papyrus and placed inside a coffin or small statue.

1500 - 1525 - bc

Ahmose becomes King of Egypt, during that period he triumphs against all the foreign Hyksos rulers who are in command of Lower Egypt.

1500 - bc

Certain ancient Egyptains may have small models known as shabtis put in their tombs to magicaly assist for them during their afterlife. From 1500 BC the number of Shabtis inside royal tombs gets bigger.

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1500 - bc

The ancient egyptians will manage to gain power over Nubia. A region in southern Egypt with important natural resources: gold and semi - precious stones.

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1473 - 1458 - bc

Hatshepsut becomes leader of Egypt due to her stepson, Thutmose III being not old enough to control the country. The most historic monument of her is a funerary temple opposite Thebes.

1352 - 1336 - BC

Akhenaten is King of Egypt. He feels that Aten - the sun disc, should be revering as the only Egyption God and demoralizes the worship of other gods and goddesses - Mainly Amun. Most people disagree and after Akhenaten dies, his monuments are demolished, his name is eradicated from statues and the orginal religion is reinstated.

1336 - 1327 - bc

Tutankhamun becomes King at the age of nine.

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1279 - 1213 - bc

Rames II controls the country for 66 years. During that period he contructs temples and various statues of himself across the country and other controlled lands.

1000 - bc

The process of mummification is adjusted in which the organs are placed back into the body after it has dried out, but some of the ancient egyptions continue with the usual process of placing empty or solid model canopic jars inside tombs.

728 - bc

Kushite Strength: Kings from a region in Southern Egypt start to conquer the country, in which Kushite will control Egypt until 664 BC. The final Kushite king of Egypt is known as Tantamani

700 - bc

Demotic Script becomes the replacement for the hieratic script. Demotic script is a quicker and simpler way to write. This is used for business papers and daily writing.

673 - 332 - bc

End of Native Rule: Egypt is lead by rulers from other nations. The assyrians conquer Egypt in 673 BC and had power over local Egyptian kings. The persians controlled Egypt in the years from 525 to 404 BC and from 343 to 332 BC.

332 - 30 - bc

King Photemy I becomes leader of Egypt. His descendants continue to control the nation for 300 years in which Greek becomes the new language of the Government and important documents are written in Greek and Egyptian.

196 - bc

The Rosetta Stone is a fragmented section of monumental slab which tracks an agreement made between Egyptian Priests and King Ptolemy V. It is written in different scripts: hieroglyphs and demotic in both the languages of Egyptian and Greek.

51 - 30 - BC

Cleopatra VII is the final independent leader of Egypt. She is able to speak Greek and Egyptian. She is then taken over by Octavian and then Emperor Augustus in which Egypt becomes an area of the Roman Empire.

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AD - 30-350

New Mummification tradition: When Egypt was under contol of the Roman Empire, people in the country started to paint a more real life portrait of a deceased person across a board which matches the outside wrappings of a mummified body.

ad - 394

The last hieroglyphic writing is engraved on a wall at the Temple of Philae in Southern Egypt.

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