Class notes 9 3 First dating by Sargon of Akked in Mesopotamia BC AD Egypt o Bronze Age o Compared to Mesopotamia though independent of each other o Pharaohs constructed pyramids near water source Nile More resources stone timber rich soil southern desert Redlands o Narmer Menes hieroglyphics pyramids o Periodization Archaic period 3100 2680 BC Old Kingdom 2680 2180 BC Pepi II created grand pyramids First Intermediate Period 2180 2080 BC Collapse Middle Kingdom 2080 1640 BC Thebes Nubia province of Egypt Palestine Time of isolation peace Second Intermediate Period 1640 1500 BC Hyksos invasion Second collapse New Kingdom 1500 1160 BC Empire Egypt Hittites Memphis Luxor o Nile Valley 750 miles long 7 miles wide Agriculture Ahmose breaks powers creates Egypt s first real Army Thothmes III 17 campaigns in Palestine Hatshepsut Amenohotep IV Akhenaton 1360 BC Tutankamon King Tut son of Akhenaton Amarna Nefertiti Aton new Sun God henotheism Ramses II Film Ancient Lives Paintings in tombs cemeteries tell of society Collected water through evaporation Possessions were a part of the body heavens o Souls o Gardens of food was paradise heaven
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