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| Ancient Egypt, National Geographic, https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/history/king-tut-ancient-egyptian-mysteries/, 14 February 2018 |
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian history is a period
of over 2800 years, from the 1
st Dynasty in 3100 BC established by
King Narmer, to the end, when the last independent ruler, Cleopatra was
defeated by Octavian at the battle of Actium in 30 BC. Egyptian culture and
lifestyle changed very little during this extremely long time period because
for the most part the Egyptians worshipped the same gods
throughout their entire empire except when Akhenaton reigned for 17 years and
only worshipped 1 god named Aton. In addition, the Egyptians didn't change how
they ruled because they always had a pharaoh ruling except for the first
intermediate period when Egypt was an anarchy for a time. During some of the
first intermediate period Egypt was an anarchy because after King Pepi died
there was no one to take his place so Egypt became an anarchy and was in chaos.
During the Second Intermediate period the Hyksos were leading Egypt, but Ahmose
ii drove them out after they ruled for about 100 years. A historical event
during the Old Kingdom was when Khufu created three pyramids called the Great
Pyramids of Giza, the big pyramid for him and the two smaller pyramids for the
queens at the time. During the Middle kingdom Amenemhat i, created the first Egyptian standing army. In the
New Kingdom Ramesses iii had to fight off the Sea People which we believe to be
the early Greeks. One of the most historical events in Egyptian history was the
Battle of Actium with Octavian vs Mark Antony and Cleopatra on 31 BC. Another
historical moment was when the upper and lower kingdoms united in 3100 BC by
king Menes. The last historical event was when King Tut became the youngest
ever king to rule Egypt at 9 years old. Something that I thought was
interesting was the surgeries that the Egyptians performed on the people. In
our Ancient History class we did presentations on important facts on Ancient
Egypt. One presentation I found interesting was about Egyptian surgeries on the
body. One thing we know about this subject is that the Egyptians did surgeries
on the body with tools, but no anesthetics which would hurt very bad. To become
a doctor you had to know the magic spells and read the Egyptian texts. Also you
had to know the plant memories and have somewhat of a steady hand so you didn’t
accidently cut something that wasn’t supposed to be cut. Imhotep is thought to
be the first doctor from Egypt. Another presentation that was interesting was
about king Tut. King Tut wasn’t a great king when he was alive but he became
famous after he died because his tomb was the only tomb that wasn’t robbed. We
know that because Howard Carter found his tomb in 1922 with lots of treasure
because there were stones covering the entrance to his tomb. There were stones
in front of his tomb because of a tomb above him that was destroyed and it
covered the entrance to his cave. A CAT scan shows us that he died because of a
blow to the head and we think he either fell of a chariot or got hit in the
head. He was married to Ankhesenamun and they had 2 daughters that are
in king tut’s tomb too.
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| Ancient Egypt Pyramids, ABC education, http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/topic/494170/ancient-egypt, 14 February 2018 |
