Unification of Egypt - Yinhai-S4

Unification of Egypt
•  Early Settlement
•  Upper & Lower Egypt
•  Unification
•  Dynasties & Kingdoms
•  God-kings
Unification of Egypt
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Unification of Egypt
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Early settlement
Around 5000 BCE: Farming villages near the Nile River.
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Early settlement
Each village had its own chief and even its own god.
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Early settlement
The Nile River was good for transportation between
villages. Villages had frequent contact and trade.
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Upper & Lower Egypt
3200 BCE: Villages form two separate kingdoms.
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Upper & Lower Egypt
Upper Egypt (South)
Lower Egypt (North)
Very little is known about these kingdoms.
Unification
3000 BCE: King Menes of Upper Egypt conquered Lower
Egypt.
There is uncertain but there is some evidence.
Unification
Kings in Upper Egypt wore a tall white crown.
Kings in Lower Egypt wore a shorter red crown.
Unification
A stone carving shows Menes wearing the crown of Upper
Egypt on one side and the crown of Lower Egypt on the
other.
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Unification
A stone carving shows Menes wearing the crown of Upper
Egypt on one side and the crown of Lower Egypt on the
other.
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Unification
Kings after Menes wore a crown combining the two old
crowns. These kings were called Pharaoh.
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Unification
Around the time of Menes, Egyptians developed a system
of writing called hieroglyphics.
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Dynasties & Kingdoms
Menes established the first dynasty – a family that rules a
kingdom.
Egypt had 31 different dynasties over three millennia.
God-kings
In Egypt, the Pharaoh was believed to be a god.
He caused the sun to rise,
the Nile to flood,
and crops to grow.
God-kings
Egyptians believed every Pharaoh ruled even after his
death - his soul continued to assist the new Pharaoh.
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