Ancient World History, Egypt
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- Nile River in Egypt
- source of life
- Mesopotamian Problems
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flooding
salinization
people moved - Egyptian Solutions
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floods predictible and from river
peace - when did egyptian civilization start?
- 3100 bce (about the same as ancient mesopotamia)
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Unification by King Narmer
Upper and Lower Egypt -
single gov
free flow of trade
no looting/war/attacks
economy went up - Nile flowed
- South to North
- Zoser established...
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POWER
absolute power to the king
keep royal blood in family
no big standing army - dynasty
- family of royalty
- old kindom ends because...
- chaotic (pyramids = $$$)
- 12th dynasty came after the invasion of the...
- desert people
- New Kingdom
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more aggressive
chaos
invasion
aggressive imperialism