Amenhotep made a major change to Ancient Egypt. He started a new religion. The textbook says, "Amenhotep believed that Egypt's priests had grown too powerful and wealthy. He felt threatened by their power. To lessen the priests' authority, Amenhotep started a new religion. He introduced the worship of Aton (AHT • n), the sun god, as Egypt's only god." It affected Egypt because the capital was moved to a new city north of Thebes called Akhetaton.
The Middle Kingdom was also known as a "Golden Age" for Egypt. Egypt gained new territories during the Middle Kingdom. The textbook says, "During the Middle Kingdom, Egypt conquered new territories. Egyptian armies gained control of Nubia to the south and expanded northeast into present-day Syria." Arts and architecture also succeeded during the Middle Kingdom. The textbook also says, "Egyptian arts and architecture thrived during the Middle Kingdom. Painters decorated the walls of tombs and temples with colorful scenes." So that is why the Middle Kingdom was a "Golden Age."
The exchange of envoys was considered a major development in Egypt because it would be easier for trading. An envoy is a government representative to another country. To maintain close ties, rulers exchanged representatives or envoys.
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Some people even think that the pyramids were constructed by extraterrestrials. Others think that it was built by slaves or by regular people. Most people think that farmers did the work when the Nile did not flood. But they did also use math and technology to build these pyramids. They needed to find which way was North because the pyramids' entrances were at the North side of the Pyramid. To find North, they had to use the sky. To study the sky, they had to make a 365-day calendar. They also had to measure angles of the pyramid walls. To do this, they invented a number system based on the number 10. So this is what they did to make