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Early Dynastic Period
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Early Dynastic Period
Timeline
3150 BCE
The probable date that Narmer or AKA Menes became Pharoah
3200-3000 BCE
Probable dates for creation of Narmer Palette.
3200-3000 BCE
3100 Bce
Reign of King Hor-Aha in Egypt.
3100 BCE
Serekh
3050 BCE
Reign of King Djer in Egypt.
3050 BCE
3000 BCE
Reign of King Djet in Egypt
3000 BCE
2990 BCE
Reign of Merneith
2990 BCE
2990 BCE
Reign of King Den, son of Merneith
2990 BCE
2890-2670
The end of the Early dynastic period and shifting to the second dynastic period.
2890-2670 BCE
MAP
Map
Memphis
Memphis, city and capital of Ancient Egypt. Located south of Nile River delta. The original name of the city was the White Walls. It was founded about 2925 BCE by Menes.
Cities
Abydos
Abydos, prominent sacred city and one of the most important sites of ancient Egypt. The site, It was a necropolis(grave) for the earliest Egyptian royalty and later a pilgrimage centre for the worship of Osiris.
Abydos
Thebes
Egyptians started settling in the area of Thebes around 3200 B.C. Known to them as Waset, it eventually rose in importance to Egypt when royal families started lived there
Thebes
Government
The government of ancient Egypt was a theocratic monarchy as the king ruled by a order from the gods.
Rise&Fall
Rise
The Rise of Egyptian Civilization. In early times are about agriculture and Power
Rise
Fall
The factors leading to the decline of ancient Egypt were largely uncontrollable.
Fall
Economy
Just before the first dynasty, Egypt had a colony in southern Canaan that produced pottery.
Economy
Economic
Import
Egypt also traded with Anatolia for tin and copper in order to make bronze. Mediterranean trading partners provided olive oil and other fine goods.
Import
Export
Grain
Grain
Gold
Linen
Papyrus
Finished Goods
Finished
goods
Stone objects
Stone
objects
Inventions
Inventions
Cosmetic Makeup
4000 BC
Cosmetic
Makeup
Soot
Lead Mineral
+
Ingredients
Black ointment
/ Kohl
Galena
Malachite
Green Eye
Makeup
Tint
the ointment
Believing
Believing
Cure eye diseases
1
Protecting them from evil eye
2
Papyrus
over 3000 years
- The most important writing material
- Exported around the Mediterranean
Papyrus
- Wildly used in Roman and Byzantine empire
- Made by papyrus pine/tree
The Mastaba
The
Mastaba
Mummytification
- Pull organ out but not wrapped anything around them
Mummy
-tification
Religions
Religion
Horus Set Neith
Social
Structure
Writing
The Ancient Egyptians used picture words to write called hieroglyphics. It is a very old form of writing that they starting using in Early dynastic period. Hieroglyphics was a very complicated way of writing involving 1000s of symbols. Some of the symbols represented sounds, like our letters, and other's represented entire words. They wrote it on papyruses.
the earliest securely dated examples of Egyptian hieroglyphs have been found in tombs of the Naqada III/Dynasty 0 period (c. 3200-3000 BCE)
Writing
Art
Hierarchical proportional
A technique used in art, mostly in sculpture and painting, in which the artist uses unnatural proportion or scale to depict the relative importance of the figures in the artwork.
The Narmer Palette
Art
Pottery
A new and distinctive pottery appeared during this time, along with the use of copper, the Mesopotamian process of sun-dried bricks, and architectural building principles such as the arch and decorative recessed walls.
Fun facts
Both sexes, both wore make up and high heels