government of egypt (pharaoh)
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Ancient EgyptTRANSCRIPT
Government of Egypt
“Pyramid Age”King Menes – unified Upper (culture)
and Lower (cobra) Egypt
Memphis – capitalDjaser – “Step Pyramid”
Imnotep – architect, priest, scribe and doctor
- first doctor by name
Old Kingdom
Khufu (Cheops) – “Pyramids of Giza”
Menkaure – Father
Kafre – son
*Pyramids of Giza – 20 million stone blocks
- 20 years in the makingPepi II – pinakamahabang
nanungkulan bilang pharoah (2279-2219 BCE)
• “The Book of the Dead” contains prayers, hymns, rituals, spells
Amenemhet I – Thebes became the capital of Egypt
Thebes – City of the deadAmenemhet III – canal connecting
the Nile River at Red Sea
Hyksos – a scientific tribe from Israel which conquered Egypt for 100 years
- “men of the desert”
Middle Kingdom
On the board !!
New Kingdom