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Wrote 1st sizable
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antiquities of Egypt
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| first king of the 3rd dynasty, who built the step pyramid at saqqara. The oldest stone building of its size in the world. |
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It was a structure of six steps, unlike the smooth-sided pyramids of later times. height of 60 meters
an important architectural innovation that inaugurated the practice of pyramid building. |
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| architect of step pyramid |
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Was portrayed differently from other pharoahs in art. Try to start new religion based on the sun god- only one god. Didn't last for long. Wife was neffertiti. He was killed by the priests they tried to destroy all evidence of him
1353 bc to 1338 |
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| comprised the 1st, 2nd and 3rd dynasties and lasted from 2950 to 2575 bc. |
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life force of self which is set free on
death |
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To be reunited with ones Ka after
death you need to keep the body
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the
unification of Upper
and Lower Egypt. |
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3685 BC – 2155 BC. Prior to that it’s the Archaic period
(Dynasties 1-3) |
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| egypt splits into two states |
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| egypt reunited by mentuhotep |
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18th DYNASTY
1336 BC – 1327 BC |
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| Possible to trace the survival of the egyptian state for some 3000 years with spells of virtual collapse known as the first, second, and third intermediate periods. |
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