Classical Studies 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Second Intermediate Period Of Egypt, Sed Festival, Deshret

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2200
• Professor: Catherine Pratt

Document Summary

The history of egypt can be divided into several dynasies in a chronological order. Predynasic, followed by early dynasic, old kingdom, irst. Period, new kingdom, third intermediate kingdom, late period, The valley of the nile is a river oasis lying between two deserts the wide expanses of the sahara to the west and the rugged mountain ranges separaing egypt from the red sea to the east. Only in the northeast does a narrow passage over the north coast of the sinai give access to palesine and the near east. Cairo, creaing the broad fan of the nile delta. The lands of egypt were divided into the red land (deshret) and the black land (kemet). The red land is the dessert land which is not fertile, whereas the black land is the land which is fertile and where all the crops are grown.