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	The First Intermediate Period (2134-2040 BC)
		1472 BC - Queen Hatshepsut sent royal trading party which is reflected on her mortuary temple
		Pharoah Akhenaten - took throne in 1353 BC alterred Egyptian religion to focus only on one god, Aten and made him a divine pharoah
		and Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire in 30 BC
	www3.niu.edu /~t20wmc1/Egypt.htm (485 words)

	IBSS - History - Egyptian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Ahmose I - 1570-1546 BC Expelled the Hyksos ANEP, 310.
		In 665 BC Tanutamun rebells and Thebes is sacked and its temple treasury taken in 663 BC.
		In 490 BC Darius' army was defeated by the Greeks at Marathon.
	www.bibleandscience.com /history/egyptian.htm (3454 words)

	21st century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		2000 BC -- Arrival of the ancestors of the Latins in Italy.
		2000 BC -- The town of Mantua was presumedly founded.
		2000 BC -- Farmers and herders travel south from Ethiopia and settle in Kenya.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/21st_century_BCE (212 words)

	MSN Encarta - Thebes (Egypt)
		Tombs dating from the 6th Dynasty (2323-2152 bc) of Egyptian kings have been discovered in the original necropolis, which is on the west side of the Nile.
		Although it was later partly restored, the city declined steadily after the defeat of the Persians in 332 bc (the Persians had conquered Egypt, for the second time, in 343 bc).
		Other celebrated Theban ruins are the Ramesseum, a temple built during the reign of Ramses II (1290-1224 bc); Medinet Habu, the temple of Ramses III (reigned 1194-1163 bc); and the temple of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut (reigned 1473-1458 bc).
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761558199/Thebes_(Egypt).html (475 words)

	21st century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		2130 - 2080 BC -- Ninth Dynasty wars in Egypt.
		2064 - 1986 BC -- Twin Dynasty wars in Egypt.
		2049 BC - Oak trees for Seahenge felled.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/21st_century_BC (212 words)

	Kingdoms of North Africa - Ancient Egypt
		In the late sixth millennium BC farming villages appeared in the Nile Valley.
		From around 3500 to 3000 BC there were great advances in craftsmanship and technology, which culminated in the working of copper, stone mace heads and ceramics.
		c.3100 BC The process of consolidating the single kingdom is completed by the founding of a new capital at Memphis, strategically situated at the junction of the Nile Valley and the Delta.
	www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsAfrica/EgyptAncient.htm (1117 words)

	Welcome to Sadigh Gallery :: Egyptian
		Ptolemaic 1 1/4” 305 – 30 BC A vivid green soapstone glaze covers the falcon-headed god Horus, the Egyptian sky god, with a falcon depicted on the solar disc, the left foot forward, the arms to the side.
		Ptolemaic 3 1/2” 305 – 30 BC One vertical line of hieroglyphics runs down the middle, a crook and flail are in each hand, the seed pack for planting fields is visible on the back shoulder.
		Ptolemaic 1 1/4” 305 - 30 BC A vivid blue faience glazed Anubis, the jackal or dog-headed god of embalming and guardian of the mummy, in a seated position, both legs together, the arms to the side.
	www.sadighgallery.com /egyptian.htm (1089 words)

	Scribe’s Writing Desk » Egyptian Chronology
		By the 8th century BC, the influence of Nubia on Egypt’s southern border was being felt.
		In the early 7th century BC, the country was ruled by Taharqa who began to have problems with the Assyrians and their expansionist policies.
		Following the sea battle of Actium in 31 BC where Cleopatra’s ships fled home followed by Antony, Octavian went to Alexandria but was denied the capture of the two when both suicided in 30 BC.
	www.fantasyscribe.com /blog?p=39 (2057 words)

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		2150—2030 BC) Dynasty 8—mid-Dynasty 11 Statue of Chancellor Nakht from his tomb at Asyut, 2050 BC Bringing produce to the granary, from the tomb of Iti, Gebelein, c.
		2040—2010 BC Princess Kawit being presented with an oil jar in a relief from her sarcophagus, 2030 BC Middle Kingdom (2030—1640 B.C) mid-Dynasty 11—Dynasty 13 *Funerary temple of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II, Deir el-Bahri, Western Thebes, c.
		1920 BC *The White Chapel of Senwosret I at Karnak, Thebes, c.
	www.unc.edu /~egatti/Art36/slide_lists/Egyptian/middle_egypt.doc (244 words)

	21st century BC -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		2004 BC -- (A member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC) Elamite destruction of (An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River) Ur
		2000 BC -- The town of (Loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries) Mantua was presumedly founded
		2000 BC -- First written accounts of (Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact) Schizophrenia.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/2/21/21st_century_bc1.htm (453 words)

	A timeline of the ancient Egyptians
		2900 BC : king Djer is buried at Abydos, the seat of the cult of Osiris, lord of the Underworld and husband of Isis, and his "mastaba" becomes considered the grave of Osiris
		2181 - 2160 BC Dynasties 7 and 8
		2160 - 2040 BC Dynasties 9 and 10
	www.scaruffi.com /politics/egyptian.html (1717 words)

	An Interdisciplinary Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		A large comet cloud outside the orbit of Pluto was knocked askew by a gravitational disturbance that forced a wave of comets into the center of the solar system late in the Eocene period.
		The late-Triassic crisis is notorious as one of the five biggest extinction events in the fossil record, wiping out the dominant reptiles of the time and spurring the rise of a hitherto minor group called dinosaurs, which went on to dominate Earth for 150 million years.
		There's a huge amount of diversity in the environment at this time, suggesting that eukaryotes were rapidly evolving in the face of some new ecological pressure, and one candidate is the appearance of the earliest animals.
	www.alley29.com /Timeline/timeline.html (4462 words)

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		Egyptian-Nubian Relations 2200-1550 BC Between the end of the Old Kingdom and the beginning of the Middle Kingdom (from ca.
		In the north, a powerful people of Near Eastern origin moved in to occupy the Nile Delta; in Egyptian history they are known as the "Hyksos" (from Egyptian words which meant "Princes of Foreign Lands"), and they established two consecutive dynasties, the 15th and 16th.
		East of Kerma, in what is now the desert, lies its cemetery, which at the end of its existence (about 1480 BC) had grown to be about a mile (1.6 km) long, north to south, and about half a mile (.8 km) wide at its greatest width.
	www.nubianet.org /about/about_history4.html (1719 words)

	MMW2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		They are believed to be the remains of Caananite "high places," the kind of polytheistic images that the Israelites were forbidden to use in worshiping Yahweh after the building of the temple.
		It was completed just before the Peloponnesian War broke out in 431 BC and built with funds derived from the Delian League.
		The records were kept in a kind of archive, perhaps to form records for a "science" of foretelling the future.
	aal.ucsd.edu /reserves/mmw2cc (1803 words)

	THE FIRST, SECOND & THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIODS
		Gradually these semitic settlers gained increasing authority in the region, although it wasn't until the later during the 18th century BC, that they extended their authority beyond their capital at Avaris (Tell el-Daba).
		The last two rulers of this native Egyptian dynasty in Thebes, Seqenenre Tao and his son Kamose, campaigned openly against the Hyksos rulers and eventually Ahmose I, the first ruler of the 18th Dynasty, successfully drove them from power and was able to establish the New Kingdom.
		Around 664 BC Psamtek I became king, and within four years had entire control of the Delta.
	www.egyptologyonline.com /intermediate_periods.htm (1339 words)

	Egypt Uncovered - A brief history of Egypt
		The Second Dynasty (2980 - 2686 BC) was marked by a breakdown of Pharaonic authority and a series of regional disputes - probably the result of religious rivalry between the two deities Horus in the south, and Seth in the Delta.
		Their influence on Egypt’s dying culture was marked by the introduction of new animals and plants, the potter’s wheel and the vertical loom, and various new musical instruments.
		By 525 BC the Assyrians were in turn swept aside by the armies of the Persian Empire.
	www.egypt-uncovered.com /guide/egypt_his.php (4104 words)

	The Middle Kingdom - Dynasty 11
		Antef I - Inyotef I - Intef l - 2134-2118 BC Antef I was the son of a local ruler of Thebes named Mentuhotep I. He was the first Theban ruler to have proclaimed himself king, assuming a Horus-name and writing his personal name in a cartouche.
		12TH DYNASTY - 1937-1759 BC According to Manetho, the 12th Dynasty comprised seven kings from Thebes, who ruled for a total of 160 years in the version of Africanus, and for 245 years in the version of Eusebius.
		The dynasty came to an end when Amenemhat IV appears to have died without male heirs and he was succeeded by his sister/wife Nefrusobek.
	www.crystalinks.com /dynasty11.html (1956 words)

	Old and Middle Kingdom Egyptians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Wesat, Luxor) reunited Egypt circa 2040 BC, beginning what is referred to as the Middle Kingdom Period, which lasted until 1640 BC.
		1962-1842 BC), the Egyptians campaigned in Libya and consolidated their hold over Lower Nubia by building a line of at least sixteen forts and fortified towns along a 35 kilometer stretch of the Nile River known as the Second Cataract.
		Following the Middle Kingdom, there was an intermediate period in which weak 14th, 16th and 17th Dynasty kinglets ruled a fragmented Egypt, co-existing with the15th Dynasty of the Asiatic Hyksos rulers, who controlled large portions of Egypt.
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/armies/dba2.html (377 words)

	Egyptian Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD: 3100-2686 BC; Dynasties 1/II It may be that Narmer handed on a newly-unified country to his son, Hor-Aha, who is considered to be the first king of the first Dynasty.
		He took a second royal name, Men, meaning "established" which may be another explanation for the name Menes referred to by Manetho as the first king of Upper and Lower Egypt.
		This period of instability lasted two centuries and was brought to an end by a Theban family, one of whom (Ahmose) finally expelled the Hyksos.
	homepage.powerup.com.au /~ancient/chron.htm (1983 words)

	Egyptian History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Shebitku - 702-690 BC Taharqa - 690-664 BC Hezekiah was relying on him for help against Assyria.
		Darius I - 521-486 BC ANE 1, fig.196 this could be the Darius in the Book of Daniel (5:30,6:1), but it may refer to Gubaru the governor of Babylon (ANET, 306; ANE 1, 203), or Cyrus' throne name in Babylon (6:28; I Chronicles 5:26; NIV note).
		Ptolemaic Dynasty 305-30 BC During this period the Ptolemy's would struggle with the Seleucid Dynasty in Syria for control of Palestine.
	members.aol.com /abbylm1989/egypt.htm (3506 words)

	my-malta-dotcom _ Elsewhere in the World...
		This period, which lasted till 1640 BC, saw the division of the 2 kingdoms and their reunion.
		from 1289 BC Pharaoh Ramesses II, the warrior king, builder of the Abu Simbel ruled till he was 90 (1224 BC).
		Between 750 - 260 BC circa 753 BC Rome is said to have been founded during this time according to legend, when Romulus killed his twin brother Remus.
	www.my-malta.com /history/elsewhere.html (457 words)

	21st century BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		21st century BC 21st-century-BC (22nd century BC - 21st century BC - 20th century BC - Centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC)
		2040 BC End of Tenth dynasty of Egypt, start of Eleventh dynasty of Egypt
		2004 BC Elamite Empire destruction of Ur 2000 BC The town of Mantua was presumedly founded
	read-and-go.hopto.org /21st-century-BC (121 words)

	Ancient Egypt
		For a time, beginning in 2040 bc, Thebes was the capital of Egypt.
		This piece from the Predynastic period (5000 bc-3000 bc) is decorated with ostriches, boats, and geometrical designs.
		Ancient Egypt’s economy was based on agriculture, and the rich bounty of its farmers depended on the Nile.
	www.multimedia-publishing.com /ancient_egypt.htm (10990 words)

	Ancient Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Amenhotep III ruled Egypt in the mid-1300s bc, during a period of peace and prosperity.
		The temple of Hatshepsut is a rock-cut tomb and mortuary temple built in the 15th century bc at Dayr al Baḩrī near Thebes.
		Begun in the 1200s bc, it was added to by each succeeding dynasty.
	www.arab-world-information.com /ancient_egypt.htm (8845 words)

	Infobase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		2040 BC Middle Kingdom in Egypt (2040 to 1633)
		1700 BC Introduction of the horse-drawn chariot in Egypt
		1500 BC The invention of the shaduf for irrigation in Egypt
	www.hi.com.au /resource/rfacts.asp?kla=16&subtopicid=2359 (590 words)

	The Schoyen Collection: Palaeography -- 24. Various smaller collections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		BC, 1 agate duck weight, 0,9x1,8x0,9 cm, 1 line in cuneiform script, agate duck with the head turned back, brown body and white head, pierced lenghtwise with a hole for suspension.
		2700 BC on, but usually a big pot from which a number of persons are all drinking through their own straws.
		BC, 1 tablet, 21x17x4 cm, 3 columns, 16+16+16+4 lines in cuneiform script by a teacher of a scribal school in column 1, with 2 students repeating the hymn in columns 2 and 3.
	www.nb.no /baser/schoyen/5/5.21/index2.html (6818 words)

	Egypt
		Considering the span of history of the Egyptian civilization, this is but a "breath on a mirror".
		We are told it was "constructed" (well...maybe) during the reign of the Pharaoh Khufu circa 2.500 BC (almost 4,000 years ago!) in the era known as the "Old Kingdom" (see above chart for clarification).
		This colossus is composed primarily of limestone blocks ranging anywhere from two to over seventy tons each (picture the larger stones being as heavy as a Locomotive!), with the inner chambers of the pyramid lined with polished red granite.
	arizona.speedchoice.com /~t_garone/egypt.html (4237 words)

	ANCIENT EGYPT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		3500 BC from upland settlements in Baluchistan to floodplain of the Indus River
		Rapid increase in size between 3500-2500 BC, ultimately giving rise to the cities of the “mature Harappan period” from c.
		2500-2000 BC Urban centers with identical plans, including planned neighborhoods in a grid pattern, indoor bathrooms connected to sewer system, bathhouses and communal storage facilities, citadels, palaces, temples, etc.
	www.clas.ufl.edu /users/mheckenb/dwc(sa01)-printnotes.egypt.htm (794 words)

	The Society for the Study of Ancient Egypt
		The Romans recorded events in relation to the traditional founding of Rome in 753 BC and the accessions of the various consuls and emperors; the Greeks from the date of the first Olympic Games in 776 BC.
		The earliest traces of human occupation in the Nile valley are from the Paleolithic era (circa 250,000 BC) with Stone-Age 'hunter-gatherers'.
		525 BC sees the Persian invasion with reforms of administration, the introduction of legal codes and new public works, such as temples and canal joining the Nile to the Red Sea.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /ssae/new4chronology.html (1234 words)

	A brief History of Western Architecture
		2040 BC: Mentuhotep II wins the civil war, reunites Egypt, makes Thebes the capital of all Egypt, establishes the 11th dynasty ("middle kingdom") and builds the mortuary complex of Deir el Bahri
		650 BC: Terrace of the lions at Dilos
		BC: the sanctuary at Fortuna is remodeled in Praeneste (Palestrina)
	www.scaruffi.com /art/architec.html (1622 words)

	Time Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Middle Kingdom 2040-1782 BC Dynasty 11-12, Coffin and
		Cambyses II 530-522 BC Psamtik III - 526-525 BC conquered by Persia.
		Pompey conquers Antioch 64 BC Rome conquers Palestine 63
	members.aol.com /ibss3/ibss3/history.htm (688 words)

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