https://padlet.com/michaelsouders1/wlfthvjdvhgd Made by Michael Souders en-us 2018-11-09 13:06:03 UTC 2026-02-24 17:24:16 UTC hello@padlet.com michaelsouders1 https://padlet.com/michaelsouders1/wlfthvjdvhgd/wish/305232505 During the Old Kingdom period, Egypt was largely unified as a single state; it gained in complexity and achievement and expanded militarily. Old Kingdom rulers built the first pyramids, which were both tombs and monuments for the kings who had them built.]]> 2018-11-16 13:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/michaelsouders1/wlfthvjdvhgd/wish/305232505 michaelsouders1 https://padlet.com/michaelsouders1/wlfthvjdvhgd/wish/305232798 The Middle Kingdom saw Egypt unified again as kings found ways to take back power from regional governors. From the Middle Kingdom forward, Egyptian kings often kept well-trained standing armies. ]]> 2018-11-16 13:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/michaelsouders1/wlfthvjdvhgd/wish/305232798 michaelsouders1 https://padlet.com/michaelsouders1/wlfthvjdvhgd/wish/305233028 Egypt’s most famous female ruler, established trade networks that helped build the wealth of Egypt and commissioned hundreds of construction projects and pieces of statuary, as well as an impressive mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri. She also ordered repairs to temples that had been neglected or damaged during the period of Hyksos rule.]]> 2018-11-16 13:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/michaelsouders1/wlfthvjdvhgd/wish/305233028 michaelsouders1 https://padlet.com/michaelsouders1/wlfthvjdvhgd/wish/305233281 Ancient Egyptians believed in an afterlife when someone died.  Mummification helped someone reach the afterlife as they thought that, in order to have an afterlife, the dead person would have to repossess his or her body. Egyptians believed that the only way to do this was if the body was recognisable.]]> 2018-11-16 13:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/michaelsouders1/wlfthvjdvhgd/wish/305233281 michaelsouders1 https://padlet.com/michaelsouders1/wlfthvjdvhgd/wish/305389781 The discovery and translation of the Rosetta stone was important because it led to the interpretation of many other early records of the ancient Egyptian civilization.]]> 2018-11-16 18:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/michaelsouders1/wlfthvjdvhgd/wish/305389781