My fierce padlet by Connar Eaton https://padlet.com/connareaton/j82ejnj47yisq0zg Made with an aura of mystery en-us 2022-01-11 16:11:43 UTC 2023-07-26 14:13:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Early dynastic period 3000-2650 BCE connareaton https://padlet.com/connareaton/j82ejnj47yisq0zg/wish/1986427529 Fact 1: The Nations of Upper and Lower Egypt became united under a king, later named “pharaoh”.
Fact 2: mages of the king were usually brutal, mostly showing smiting scenes, or the slaughter of prisoners at war.
Leader/Famous person: Narmer]]> 2022-01-11 16:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/connareaton/j82ejnj47yisq0zg/wish/1986427529 Old Kingdom 2650-2150 BCE. connareaton https://padlet.com/connareaton/j82ejnj47yisq0zg/wish/1986438616 Fact 1:  “During the Old Kingdom (also called the Pyramid Age) the power of the Egyptian monarchy reached its zenith.” “The king was powerful enough to mobilize a significant percentage of the population to move to Giza during the farming off-season and help to build a pyramid.”
Fact 2: The Egyptians were a whole, they were united and proud. Although the nation was sometimes divided, they would always come back together. 
Leaders/Famous people: Djoser, and Khufu.]]> 2022-01-11 16:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/connareaton/j82ejnj47yisq0zg/wish/1986438616 Middle Kingdom 2040-1640 BCE. connareaton https://padlet.com/connareaton/j82ejnj47yisq0zg/wish/1986448107 Fact 1: After Egypt was reunited, some things have changed. The pyramids were smaller, and the rulers had less wealth. But the middle class had now gained access to  customer items, such as jewelry and books.
Fact 2: “The Middle Kingdom was a time of great literature”. “Scribes would copy the 
stories and instructional writings of this time for thousands of years hence.”
Leader/Famous person: Mentuhotep



]]> 2022-01-11 16:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/connareaton/j82ejnj47yisq0zg/wish/1986448107 New Kingdom 1550-1070 BCE connareaton https://padlet.com/connareaton/j82ejnj47yisq0zg/wish/1986455131 Fact 1: Egypt guarded herself after the second immediate period. She carved out an empire using foreign allies as “Buffer states'' to guard against invasion.
Fact 2: Another famous pharaoh, Akhnaton, set up a short-lived new religion worshiping a single god called the Aten.
Leader/Famous person: III, Amenhotep IV (Akhnaton), Hatshepsut, Ramses II, Ramses III, Tutankhamun, and Thutmose III.

]]> 2022-01-11 16:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/connareaton/j82ejnj47yisq0zg/wish/1986455131 Saite and Late period 712-332 BCE connareaton https://padlet.com/connareaton/j82ejnj47yisq0zg/wish/1986459702 Fact 1: The Assyrians, (which are in the northern part of Iraq) invaded Egypt in 663 BCE.
Fact 2: “This revival did not last long.” “The Persians (from modern-day Iran) occupied Egypt (twice) until Alexander the Great arrived in 332 BCE.”
Leader/ Famous person: Psamtik, and Alexander the great.]]> 2022-01-11 16:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/connareaton/j82ejnj47yisq0zg/wish/1986459702 Greco and Roman Period 332 BCE - 642 CE. connareaton https://padlet.com/connareaton/j82ejnj47yisq0zg/wish/1986466228 Fact 1: The Macedonian/Greek army of Alexander the great occupied Egypt in 332 BCE, and the young Alexander the great declared himself pharaoh. Alexander’s generals, including a man named Ptolemy, split up his empire when he died.
Fact 2: “After Cleopatra’s death, the Romans seized Egypt as its province and used her people to farm food for its troops.” “Life expectancy of common people dropped sharply under Roman rule. In 384 CE the Roman Emperor Theodosius effectively converted the Empire to Christianity.”
Leader/Famous person: Cleopatra, and Alexander the great.
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