Egypt: the ancient history
| The origins of Ancient Egypt can’t be established with certainty. The
results of the archaeological research let suppose that the first inhabitants of
the valley of the Nile were influenced by the cultures of the near Orient. The
historians have divided the history of Ancient Egypt, in three periods that
correspond to three reigns (Ancient, Middle and New Reign) and in two
intermediary periods, followed by the so-called low-epoch and by the Greek-roman
age. But it’s necessary to say that all the proposed dates, mostly the ones
concerning the most ancient phases, should be cautiously considered and thought
more “of tendency”. In fact the Egyptians counted the years, not from an only
reference point, but from the first year of reign of each pharaoh.
The ancient archaic or dynastic period (3100-2755 a.c.) First intermediate period (2220-2065 a.C.) Second intermediate period (1685-1580 a.C.) |
