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3000 - 2600 BCE.

Fact One: The nations of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt became united under a king.

Fact Two: Early images of this king were brutal ones.

Leader/ Famous Person: Narmer

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2650-2150 BCE

Fact One: The king was powerful enough to move quite a lot of his population to Giza to help build the pyramids.

Fact Two: King Djoser had architects build a stepped monument called the Step Pyramid.

Leader/ Famous Person: King Djoser

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2040-1640 BCE

Fact One: Pyramids were smaller and kings had less wealth in their hands in this period of time.

Fact One: Scribes would copy the stories and instructional writing of this time for thousands of years.

Leader/ Famous Person: Scribes

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1550-1070 BCE

Fact One: Rulers carved out an empire using foreign allies as “buffer states” to guard against invasion.

Fact Two: One famous pharaoh, Akhnaton, set up a short-lived new religion worshiping a single god called Aten.

Leader/ Famous Person: Akhnaton

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712-322 BCE

Fact One: The Assyrians invaded Egypt but left it for its own devices because of troubles at home.

Fact Two: The Persians occupied Egypt until Alexander The Great arrived.

Leader/ Famous Person: Alexander The Great

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332 BCE- 642 CE

Fact One: Ptolemy gained control of Egypt, establishing a dynasty that lasted 300 years.

Fact Two: After Cleopatra’s death, Romans seized Egypt and used her people to farm food for their army.

Leader/ Famous Person: Cleopatra