Current location - Music Encyclopedia - Chinese History - What is the history of ancient Egypt?
What is the history of ancient Egypt?
Ancient Egypt, one of the four ancient civilizations, is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Nile in northeast Africa (now the Middle East). About 7400 years ago, the settlement organization city-state with Fayoum area as the center began to appear, and then the country was formed. The ancient Egyptian civilization was first formed in Fayoum area of Lower Egypt about 7450 years ago (about 5450 BC) and ended in the Islamization of it by the Arab Empire (AD 639).

5 150 years ago (about 3 150 BC), north and south Egypt were unified and the first unified country in the world was established. Its dynasty lasted for 3000 years, until Rome conquered the 32nd dynasty (Ptolemy dynasty) in Egypt in 30 BC.

The ancient Egyptian kingdom experienced: pre-dynasty, early dynasty, ancient kingdom, first middle period, middle kingdom, second middle period, new kingdom, third middle period, late kingdom, Ptolemaic dynasty, * * *10 period, and the rule of 33 dynasties (including 0 to 32 dynasties).

The 18 dynasty reached its peak, and the upper Egyptian empire in the southern Nile valley extended from Sudan to Ethiopia, while the eastern border of lower Egypt in the northern delta crossed the Sinai Peninsula and reached the Canaan Plain. In Ptolemy, the territory includes Cyrene, southern Anatolia, Cyprus and Mediterranean islands, and the southernmost part of the territory reaches Nubia.

Ancient Egypt has a complete writing system, political system and system, as well as a polytheistic religious system. Agricultural production has achieved great success by controlling and controlling the annual flood of the Nile.

Egypt is an ancient country in the world, with a long and profound history and culture, profound and colorful. Its national identity since ancient times is to look at culture,

It occupies an important position in the world cultural system and has its own characteristics in geographical location, humanities and economy. Traditional art forms include poetry, sculpture and painting. Ancient Egyptian civilization had a great influence on later civilizations such as ancient Greece, ancient Rome and Judaism.

The man who built the mausoleum

The ancient Egyptians believed that the soul would be with the dead. So when someone dies, they will put some daily necessities used by the other party, including food, drinks, furniture, dishes, toys and so on, into the grave together.

They also believe that people will be tried in the trial court of the afterlife after death, and on the judgment day, the soul will return to the body. In order to let the soul have a home, they hoped that the body would not rot, so they invented a method to preserve the body, that is, "mummy."

When making mummies, people first soak the corpse in an "alkali-soaked" solution and then wrap it in a cloth circle. Today, thousands of years later, we can still see the mummies of Egyptian pharaohs, but most of them are not in the original tombs, but have been transferred to museums.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Ancient Egyptian Civilization