Egyptian, Tutunkhamun, Pharaoh, Design



Modern historians agreed to divide the history of Ancient Egypt into three main sections:

The Old, Middle and Modern States Each of these countries represents an era of prosperity and progress, and includes a number of Pharaonic families that ruled the united Egypt. These countries are headed by the three most famous kings who united the two parts of the country: Narmer (Mena), Menuhotep the Second, and Ahmose the First. The era of the ancient state was an ancient era of the first and second families, in which the foundations of Egyptian civilization were established and the pillars of the Egyptian state were supported. The country also passed after each of these countries a period of weakness dominated by foreigners on a part of the country and near the end of the pharaonic history enjoyed a period of renaissance known as the Egyptian era, where the Egyptians tried to raise their country again and revive the ancient glory, historians have divided this Pharaoh to one And thirty ruling families.

This era can be divided into two eras:

1- Old Age:

And starts about 3200 BC. The first and second family includes one of its most important kings, King "Mina" united the two countries and laid the foundations of a unified state with its capital "Memphis".

2 - the era of the ancient state:

It starts about 2,780 BC. And includes the third, fourth, fifth and sixth families and the most important kings King "Zoser" the first pyramid in Egypt and the first use of stone in Egypt and its kings also Khufu Khafra Mnkawra. In this age, the country witnessed a boom in all fields of architectural and ideological civilization, and the doctrine of the sun began to emerge since the early fifth Dynasty.

3 - the era of the first humiliation:

And begins with about 2281 BC. It includes the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth families. After the end of the sixth family, the rule of the king was overthrown and the political disintegration and social disintegration took place. The country returned to its pre-unity, divided, divided, civil war, poverty and misery.

4 - the Middle Kingdom era:

It starts around 2134 BC. It includes the eleventh and twelfth families, after the success of King Mentuhotep, the second in the unification of the country again and the star of the city of "Thebes" Luxor as the capital of the country until the establishment of the first "Amenhat" in 2000 BC. . This era witnessed progress in architecture, art, literature and a comprehensive renaissance of Egyptian civilization.

5 - the era of the second humiliation:

It begins at about 1778 BC. M, which includes the thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. At the end of the Middle Kingdom, Egypt entered a period of weakness where the powers of the rulers of the provinces and fought them to give the opportunity to small tribes called the historian Maniton name " Against Egypt war wheels and subjected the north of the country to control them for a hundred years and made "Oaris" Sun stone as their capital and dominated the Nubians on the southern part of the country. Only a small part of Egypt ruled by the kings of the "good" Luxor.

6 Modern State Era:

It begins around 1570 BC. It includes the 18th, 19th and 20th families. Ahmose is the founder of the modern state after the fight against the Hyksos and the Nubians and the re-establishment of the country and laid the cornerstone of the Egyptian empire where Egypt was interested in the establishment of an army of organized forces helped to establish this empire and extended the Egyptian border to the north of Syria and South to Central Africa and the most important kings of this era, The Third Nefertiti Akhenaten Hatshepsut Tutankhamun Ramses II Ramses III. This era was an age of openness to the world and Egypt witnessed the most beautiful era in various fields of civilization, architectural, agricultural, literary and military and Egypt has been prosperous, and this is recorded by the effects of the modern state in Luxor and Abe Simbel.


7 - late age (the era of foreign influence):
It starts around 1085 BC. And includes the families from the twenty-first to the thirty-first, in which Egypt was divided into the states where the family used the twentieth Libyan soldiers mercenaries until one of them, the first "Shishnak" ascend the throne of Egypt and the establishment of the twenty-second family and separated Nubia from Egypt until the kings of Nubia to seize Egypt under Their reign was about 720 BC, and their king King Ankhi established the first kings of the twenty-fifth Dynasty until the Assyrian king Assyria Banipal entered Egypt until the king expelled him. He declared himself king of Egypt in 663 BC. The first, until the king conquered "Qambiz" Egypt in 525 BC. Egypt was annexed to the Persian Empire and broke the capital "Tiba" and revolted against the Persians several times until the Persians returned again in 341 BC. Until Alexander the Great entered in 332 BC and annexed to his property. Thus the Pharaonic era ends and the Ptolemaic period begins.
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