ANTHIST 500 The Ancient City Day 7 Egypt
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ANT/HIST 500 The Ancient City Day 7
Egypt: Polity • Early Dynastic: 3050 -2675 BC, 1 st and 2 nd Dynasties • Old Kingdom: 2675 -2190 BC, 3 rd thru 6 th Dynasties • First Intermediate Period: 2190 -2060 BC, 7 th thru 10 th Dynasties
Egypt: Old Kingdom
Unification: 3050 -2675 BC Narmer Palette, Early Dynastic
Egypt: Old Kingdom • Pyramids! • Followed by First Intermediate Period, 2190 -2060 BC
Egypt: Middle Kingdom • Middle Kingdom: 2060 -1795 BC, 11 th thru 12 th Dynasties • Second Intermediate Period: 1795 -1550 BC, 13 th thru 17 th Dynasties
Egypt: Middle Kingdom Mentuhotep II (c. 2060 - 2010 BC)
Egypt: Middle Kingdom
Egypt: Middle Kingdom
Egypt: Middle Kingdom
Second Intermediate Period Hyksos & introduction of the chariot
Who were the Hyksos? • Population of “Asiatics” • Driven out by Ahmose, first Pharoah of the 18 th Dynasty & founder of the New Kingdom • Phoenician stories of Io and Agenor and Epofos record names of hyksos rulers • Probable influence on Hebrew exodus narratives
Egypt: New Kingdom • Middle Kingdom: 1550 -1070 BC, 18 th thru 20 th Dynasties • Direct rule of Canaan, Lebanon & Syria
Egypt: New Kingdom
Egypt: New Kingdom Akhenaton & Tutankhamun
Egypt: Culture Middle Kingdom Toy
Egypt: Culture Polytheism
Egypt: Culture
Egypt: Environment
Egypt: Environment