Ancient Egyptian Kingdom

Egypt is well-known to be the site of a powerful early civilization. It wasn’t always the famous pyramidal empire, first it was a collection of villages divided into upper and lower Egypt. Upper Egypt was south and lower Egypt was north, since the Nile river runs north. A man named Narmer united both parts of the country, creating the great Egyptian empire. Ancient Egyptian history can be divided into three distinct kingdoms: the old, middle and new kingdoms. The old kingdom began with Narmer uniting upper and lower Egypt. It was known as the pyramid age, as it was when all of the great pyramids were constructed. Pyramids were tombs for pharaohs. Pharaohs were the rulers of Egypt, seen as gods on earth. Egypt was a theocracy; the
The next era of Egyptian history was the middle kingdom. This new era began with some princes from the city of Thebes reuniting the country. It was ended with the invasion of Hyksos. The new kingdom was born from a man named Ahmose driving out Hyksos. He became the first of many iconic pharaohs of the new kingdom. Egypt had always been a patriarchal, or male-run, society. When Hatshepsut became the first and only female pharaoh, people believed the her rule would disrupt Maat. She ruled alongside her son. She actually was a very good pharaoh, and she brought peace and treasure to Egypt. For a time, Egypt was a matriarchal, or female-run society. Hatshepsut’s son, Thutmose, was the next pharaoh. He spent most of his rule focused on expanding the Egyptian empire. This caused the pharaoh’s control over Egypt to weaken. Amenhotep, another new kingdom pharaoh, changed Egyptian way of life dramatically during his rule. He converted Egypt from their traditional polytheistic religion to monotheism. The god he wanted people to worship was called Aton. Tut, a pharaoh famous for his tomb, reverted Egypt to its original religion. RamsesⅠwas famous for fighting in a way with the Hittites for sixty-seven years- which was longer than the average lifespan in that time. RamsesⅡ was the last strong pharaoh before the fall of Egypt. He depleted Egypt’s wealth and