Ancient Egypt
Major Developments
Major Developments Questions
These are the questions I ask Ancient Egyptians about major developments:
Q:
What major change did Amenhotep IV make? What affect did it have?
A:
Amenhotep IV tried to change our religon because he thought the priests grew too powerful. He felt rivaled. This new religon had only one god, Aton the sun god. Most people opposed this new idea. Word spread to army leaders and they thought Amenhotep IV was too busy with his new religon so he negleticted his duties. They attacked and Egypt lost most of their land to outside invaders.
Amenhotep IV
Q:
Why is the Middle Kindom period a "golden age" for Egypt?
A:
That was a time of development for us. We took new lands from others and expanded into new regions. It was an era of peace.
Q:
Why can the exchange of "envoys" be a major development for Egypt?
A:
The envoys are sent to other kingdoms to be representives of Egypt and negotiate trade. They were an important part of trade.
Pyramid Theroies
A theory about how pyramids are built is that the pyramid blocks were hewn from quarries using stone and copper tools. There are examples of each stage of block extraction at existing ancient quarries. Granite was quarried using pounding stones of dolerite, some of which have been found laying about the quarries. The blocks were transported to the pyramid site from remote quarries using barges, and from local quarries using wooden sleds. The Egyptians did not use the wheel during the Pyramid Age, an invention that would have been of limited used on softer ground under heavy loads. The sleds were dragged manually, sometimes with the help of beasts of burden, over smoothed roads. Some of the existing pathways were equipped with transverse wooden beams to lend support to the sled. A lubricant may have been poured upon the road to reduce friction.
Unification of egypt
Ancient Egypt was divided into two kingdoms about 3100 BC: Upper and Lower Egypt which were unified into a single kingdom by Menes about 3000 BC. According to Egyptian priest Manetho who lived in the 3rd century BC the 1st dynasty starts with Menes who made Memphis the capital of unified Egypt. Manetho and some other sources also record that Upper and Lower Egypt were politically unified in a form of a double kingdom already before Menes several times. However, unifications of Upper and Lower Egypt in Predynastic Period were short lived and under Menes began the final phase of merging of Egyptian lands into a single centralized monarchy. Menes is widely considered the first unifier of Egypt but it remains uncertain whether he was real or mythological figure, while some scholars believe that Menes is actually King Narmer. The theory that Menes and Narmer are one and the same person bases on the Narmer Palette or the Palette of Narmer which dates from the 31st century BC and according to some Egyptologists depicts unification of Egypt under King Narmer.