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Segmenting the Egyptian periods
ОглавлениеIn the third century BC, an Egyptian priest named Manetho cataloged Egypt’s ancient rulers into 31 dynasties. (A dynasty is continuous rule by members of the same family.) Today, historians still use his list, which begins in about 3100 BC with the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt and ends with Alexander the Great’s conquest of Egypt in 332 BC. The 4th through the 20th dynasties are divided by modern historians into three kingdoms — the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom — each with its own distinct features, as well as two intermediate periods bracketing the Middle Kingdom. Anything between the New Stone Age and the first dynasty is called Predynastic (see Table 6-1).
TABLE 6-1 Ancient Egyptian Historical Periods
| Period | Dynasty | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Predynastic | 0 | 4500 BC–3100 BC |
| Early Dynastic | 1st–3rd | 3100 BC–2613 BC |
| Old Kingdom | 4th–6th | 2613 BC–2181 BC |
| First Intermediate | 7th–10th | 2181 BC–2040 BC |
| Middle Kingdom | 11th–14th | 2133 BC–1603 BC |
| Second Intermediate | 15th–17th | 1720 BC–1567 BC |
| New Kingdom | 18th–20th | 1567 BC–1085 BC |
