MMW 11 Chapter Egyptian Origins: Reading Assignment for Lecture 13 Notes
23 Oct 2016
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Egypt located in a region that extended along the nile river (flows north, wind is south) south of mediterranean sea: area around lake nassar (left of red sea, south of mediterranean) is nubia. Ancient egypt timeline from 3100 bc -> 31 dynasties -> 332 bc (conquered by alexander the. Great: when alexander died, egypt went to his friend, ptolemy. Under ptolemy, greek ruled egypt for ~300 years. Divided the different dynasties into 3 kingdoms: old kingdom (3rd to 6th, middle kingdom (11th to 12th, new kingdom (18th to 20th) Very obsessive about cosmic significance of life and death (black land = fertile, Reduced sense of ownership due to land allocation. Need to conform to social demands due to red land being the place for non- conformists. Constantly aware that lower egypt != upper egypt. Population movement people started moving into egyptian portion of nile valley: ~5000 bc we see the beginnings of farming in river valley and river delta.
