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Revision as of 02:18, 14 April 2008 by 99.243.211.63 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)is one of the most fertile areas of Africa, and one of the most fertile of the countries around the Mediterranean Sea. Because it is so fertile, people came to live in Egypt earlier than in most places, probably around 40,000 years ago. At first there were not very many people, but gradually Egypt became more crowded, so there was more need for a unified government. Around 3000 BC (5000 years ago), Egypt was first unified under one ruler, who was called the Pharaoh.
From that time until around 525 BC, when Egypt was conquered by the Persians, Egypt's history is divided into six different time periods. These are called the Old Kingdom, the First Intermediate Period, the Middle Kingdom, the Second Intermediate Period, the New Kingdom, and the Third Intermediate Period.
More information on each of these periods, and on the time after Egypt was conquered, can be found by clicking on each period.
Old Kingdom (2686-2160 BC) First Intermediate Period (2160-2040 BC) Middle Kingdom (2040-1633 BC) Second Intermediate Period (1786-1558 BC) New Kingdom (1558-1085 BC) Third Intermediate Period (1085-525 BC) Persian rule (525-332 BC) Greek rule (332-30 BC) (also called the Hellenistic) Roman rule (30 BC-700 AD) Islamic rule (700 AD to 1500) To find out more about Egyptian history, check out these books from Amazon.com or from your library:
Eyewitness: Ancient Egypt, by George Hart. For kids.
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, by Ian Shaw (2002).
History of Ancient Egypt: An Introduction, by Erik Hornung (1999). A college textbook. On the conservative side - not much on new developments.
Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture, by William H. Stiebing (2002). Expensive for a paperback, but brief and very up to date. And yes, it includes Egypt in the Near East.
Main Egypt page History for Kids home page
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