Egyptian history has been divided into three major periods

THE THREE MAJOR PERIODS OF ANCIENT EGYPT HISTORY (What happened during those years in the most mysterious civilization in the world

Ancient Egypt is one of the most mysterious cultures there is in the world . There were no enough facts or writings about this civilization except those which were written Manetho who was Egyptian priest . He divided the history of Ancient Egypt in 31 dynasties while the modern historians limited the divisions into three major periods which students , professors and other people follows in present . These periods were separated by an era

called intermediate period which shows the decline of the Egyptian government

Egypt was a blessed country . It has a lot of barriers which protects the whole nation from invasion and attacks . Despite of this barriers being present around the vicinity of the Egyptian sanctuary , it does not affect the trade they have with other places like Mesopotamia . This location played a very important role in shaping the history of their people and their land

The major periods of Egypt 's history includes the old Kingdom which dates from 2686 to 2181 B .C , the Middle Kingdom which reigned from 2055 to 1650 B .C . and the last division which is known as the New Kingdom

What are the basic features of each period

These three major periods have differences from each other . Each of these divisions has basic features which stood differently from one another . Although some of the characteristics were so much alike with a certain period , still there is a difference especially when we try to look at the success of this period

The first period we have to tackle is the Old Kingdom era which is a prosperous period in the Ancient Egypt History . This is the time when there were a number of populated areas in the whole Lower and Upper Egypt which was united by Djoser who became the Pharaoh of the land . He united the upper and lower part of Egypt and it all resulted to prosperity both in culture and way of living . At this time , Pharaohs were very powerful and started the building of Pyramids and tombs which remains to be famous in present

At first , Egypt was ruled by tribal chieftains until the land was united . This is the period of stability in the Egyptian history because there was a strong monarchy and there was relief that there will be no invasion . Included in this period is the third to sixth dynasty wherein Memphis became the capital of the whole country . In this period , Kings were treated as god-like , the god of their land . People followed them and considered them as divine instruments who follows a set of principles

Before Middle Kingdom started , a decline happened which marked the first intermediate period . Low level of the Nile River and the decline in rainfall resulted to starvation since their main means of food was farming . The coming of the Middle Kingdom introduced another success in the Egyptian History . There was...