Historical Background

Historical Background
Sequence of events Following is a selective list of important rulers and the main events that occurred in their reigns. All dates are http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/sequence-of-events.html
Predynastic Egypt The Predynastic Period (c.5000–c.3100 BC) ended when King Menes founded Dynasty 1 and dynastic Egypt. Following climatic http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/predynastic-egypt.html
The Archaic period “Archaic Egypt” refers to the first two dynasties, when Menes and his descendants established the main elements of a united kingdom http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/archaic-period.html
The Old Kingdom The foundations of society were established in the Archaic Period. By the Old Kingdom (Dynasties 3–6), Egypt had become http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/old-kingdom.html
The First Intermediate Period By Dynasty 5 there was a decline in standards of pyramid construction, and in Dynasty 6 the king’s power and wealth were depleted. http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/first-intermediate-period.html
The Middle Kingdom The last ruler of Dynasty 11 was probably assassinated by his vizier, Amenemhe, who seized the throne and became King Amenemhet I, http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/middle-kingdom.html
The Second Intermediate Period The long and successful reign of Amenemhet III (Dynasty 12) was followed by that of his coregent Amenemhet IV whose sister, http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/second-intermediate-period.html
The New Kingdom The Theban princes who had driven out the Hyksos established their own dynasty (18) which ruled the whole of Egypt and founded an empire. In http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-kingdom.html
The Third Intermediate Period After the end of Dynasty 20, Egypt began a slow but inevitable decline. The Third Intermediate Period, like the First and Second Intermediate http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/third-intermediate-period.html
The Late Period The Assyrians discovered that the local Egyptian princes whom they had installed as governors in Dynasty 25 were poor allies. The princes had http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/late-period.html
The Ptolemaic Period When Alexander the Great arrived in Egypt (332 BC), communities of Greeks had been resident there since the Saite rulers had brought in http://egykingdom.blogspot.com/2011/01/ptolemaic-period.html