His troops also moved south far up the Nile and conquered Nubia, which had once thrown off Egyptian rule.” Strong and powerful leaders caused Egypt to expand across large quantities of land, all the way to the Euphrates River. During the Old Kingdom, Egypt stretched from the Nile Delta, along the Nile River to a little past Thebes, the capitol of Egypt before Amenhotep’s reign. During the Middle Kingdom, Egypt stretched a little further south, past the tropic of cancer, but it was only during the New Kingdom when dramatic changes occurred. Because of all the conquests, Egypt stretched all the way to Syria, by the Euphrates
The late period began a year later in 672 B.C., it was during this time that the Assyrians left vassals in their place to rule. These vasssals eventually became known as the Saite kings of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty. One of these kings named Psamtik the first used the fact that the Assyrians were busy and freed Egypt from servitude to the Assyrians with ease, he was even able to do it without fighting for the most part. He didn't do it alone however and had help from Lydian and Greek mercenaries. Psamtik took great caution to have peaceful relations with Assyria.
Dynastic China, which lasted from 1000 B.C. to 500 A.D., lay between the Yangtze and Huanghe rivers in Asia. The longevity of dynastic China and Egypt can be explained by their geography, society and political structure. One thing to consider about ancient China and Egypt is their geography. Both civilizations developed
Harmony and cooperation between the two kingdoms, their stable and secured city, and their abundant agriculture made Memphis flourish. (http://amazingbibletimeline.com/blog/memphis-of-ancient-egypt/#sthash.G1bA3vNt.dpuf) Although all the facts and dates are not exactly known, Upper and Lower Egypt were combined into one kingdom by Menes. This benefited many of the smaller areas to become a part of one larger kingdom with more power and wealth.
From its beginnings c. 8,000 B.C.E. Egyptian standards were developed for art and architecture and were followed by its people. The Egyptian economy had highs and lows as with any nation, but even with that and changes in Kings, the standards remained the same until c. 2181 B.C.E. when there was a division in the country creating an Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt each with its own ruler. Even with this divide the underlying beliefs and structure of life remained unchanged until c. 2010 when the kings named Mentuhotep reunited Egypt as one nation. At this time Egypt flourished again both in architecture and art. With this change and the past struggles of the division, there were slight changes in art.
The Old Kingdom brought the pyramids to the world. The pyramids were a place for people to be buried after death, as it was their steps into the afterlife. The Pharaoh Menes unified Egypt in 3100 BC. The Middle Kingdom brought back the stability that was lost during drought and the rival clans that took power. Their Military reconquered Nubia for natural resources.
Ancient China was a long lasting empire, including several different dynasties. Ancient Egypt was a very illustrious civilization, including its time of the old kingdom, middle kingdom, and new kingdom. Both Ancient China and Ancient Egypt share similar characteristics but yet are still two different worlds. Their geographical features, how they would trade,social classes, and,religion are what made them unique but still shared many of these things in common.
Geographical differences between ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia led to diverging paths of developments between the two civilizations, primarily in the areas of religion, economics and trade, and culture. The natures of the Tigris and Euphrates vs the Nile led to different views of the nature of the gods in Egypt and Mesopotamia. The Nile river facilitated trade between Egyptian cities, and while Mesopotamian rivers also carried trade, trade was also carried across the desert. The Nile gave Egypt a very stable food source, leaving time to construct huge projects like the pyramids. The Tigris and Euphrates behaved very differently than the Nile river, leading to different views of the Gods in the eyes of the Mesopotamians and Egyptians.
There were two kingdoms the lower egypt and the Upper egypt they both had different religions. The civilization lasted 3,000 years during that time beliefs. Also Egyptians believed in that time period that the world entirely flat and was made out of clay and they thought it floated on a large sea of water that the Nile River was one of the springs.
The Old Kingdom was identified as the first period with the establishment of all the Egyptian art conventions. The next period, also known as the Middle Period produced classical literary language. Art and architecture interests were restarted in the last period known as The New Kingdom. There was some instability among the three periods, which was known as the Intermediate Periods. Correspondingly, Egypt had stability and peace during these three cultural achievement
Civilization is the cooperation between individuals within a region. The first civilizations were Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations. Both civilizations acquired a different environment. However, their environment promoted religion, specifically polytheism. Although their environments were different, both civilizations were in harmony about the existence of many gods.
Ancient Egypt is the term we commonly use to describe a mighty civilization that ruled Northeastern Africa for millennia. Although the region that is nowadays known as Egypt was populated long before that, the Ancient Egypt era is considered to have started around 3100 BC, and lasted until 332 BC, when Egypt fell to Alexander the Great. Ancient Egyptian civilization achieved many great accomplishments, among which the best-known are the pyramids. Ancient Egypt was ruled for millennia by powerful kings, believed to be the descendants of gods – the pharaohs. Religious beliefs were central to the life of Ancient Egyptians, who believed in the afterlife.
• During the new kingdom ,Egypt conquered the most lands • Pharaohs was the main ruler of ancient Egypt • They were the first civilization to invent writing ,they used ink to write and a paper called papyrus • Egypt was conquered by many civilizations but the first was Assyrian Empire, followed a hundred or so years later by the Persian Empire Assyrian Empire, followed a hundred or so years later by the Persian Empire • Ancient Egypt we one of the longest lasting civilizations, it was located along the Nile river in the northeast part of Africa and it lasts for river 3 thousand years. • The history of Egypt is divided into three group called the old kingdom, the middle kingdom and the new kingdom • Old kingdom-it lasted from 2575 BC
Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt were two early human civilizations that lived during the bronze age in harsh desert environments located not far from each other. Both civilizations were built around rivers that they depended on for survival. There is evidence that these rivers had great influence on both the societies politics and culture. Egypt was built around the very strong and reliable Nile River. Ancient Mesopotamia was established in the fertile crescent between the less reliable Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Ancient Egypt was one of the most dominant civilizations in it’s time. As a whole, Egypt’s population had some of the most diverse jobs. Specialized trade was quite crucial to the advancement in Egypt’s reign. Power was one of the key factors to a successful civilization, during it’s time, Egypt was the most advanced group of people. Good farming seasons and more food led to people being able to branch out and diversify their trades.
