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	Egypt (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
		Egypt is the land of the Nile and the pyramids.
		The Fayyum was rescued for agriculture by the kings of the Twelfth Dynasty; and two obelisks were erected in front of the temple of the sun-god at On or Heliopolis (near Cairo), one of which is still standing.
		One of the later kings of the dynasty, Amenophis IV., or Khu-n-Aten, endeavoured to supplant the ancient state religion of Egypt by a new faith derived from Asia, which was a sort of pantheistic monotheism, the one supreme god being adored under the image of the solar disk.
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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Sixth dynasty of Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Sixth Dynasty of Egypt is considered by many authorities as the last dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, although The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (ed.
		This dynasty was founded by Teti, who had married Iput, commonly believed to be the daughter of king Unas of the Fifth dynasty.
		During this dynasty, expeditions were sent to Wadi Maghara in the Sinai to mine for turquoise and copper, as well as to the mines at Hatnub and Wadi Hammamut.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sixth-dynasty-of-Egypt (513 words)

	Egypt. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		In the table entitled Dynasties of Ancient Egypt, the numbers of the dynasties are given in Roman numerals, and the numeral is followed by the dates of the dynasty and a notation of famous monarchs of the era (each of whom has a separate article in the encyclopedia).
		The III dynasty was one of the landmarks of Egyptian history, the time during which sun-worship, a new form of religion that later became the religion of the upper classes, was introduced.
		Egypt’s postwar policy was based on two principles: no direct negotiations with Israel and the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 242, which, in part, called for the withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from occupied territories.
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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Second dynasty of Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Jump to: navigation, search Ancient Egypt was a civilization in the Lower Nile Valley extending from as far south as Jebel Barkal, Napata [1], northward to the Mediterranean Sea, though varying in size throughout its history between circa 3200 BC and 332 BC, ending with the conquest of Alexander the...
		The Middle Kingdom is a period in the history of ancient Egypt stretching from the establishment of the Eleventh Dynasty to the end of the Fourteenth Dynasty, roughly between 1986 BC and 1633 BC.
		The Twenty-eighth dynasty of Egypt had one ruler, Amyrtaeus, who was a descendant of the Saite kings of the Twenty-sixth dynasty, and led a successful revolt against the Persians on the death of Darius II.
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		Egypt's international policy was carried out from a position of strength and her 'legendary might' was sufficient to prevent invasion and discourage any 'would be rebel' in the Empire.
		Egypt during this period was controlled mainly from the Delta where the capital moved from one city to another.
		Egypt was invaded by the Assyrians and the Persians, and opened its borders to the Greeks for the first time.
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		Egypt under Cheops became the first state in the history of the world to be governed according to an organized system.
		The Fifth Dynasty (2490-2330BC) was marked by a relative decline in Pharaonic power and wealth, evidenced by the smaller pyramids of Abu Sir built during this period.
		The Sixth Dynasty kings were forced to send expeditions as far as Nubia, Libya and Palestine to put down the separatists, but these campaigns served to further erode the central authority.
	www.arab.net /egypt/et_oldkingdom.htm (398 words)

	Egypt and the Persians
		Egypt most likely had some type of interaction with the Persian Empire throughout its history, but nothing as substantial as what occurred late in the history of the Egyptian Empire.
		This was the last great dynasty in Egypt, and it saw the rebirth of art and architecture, as well as the introduction of new technologies to Egypt.
		By 525 BCE, the Twenty-sixth Dynasty had lost all power and was soon invaded by the Persians.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/egypt/othercultures/persia.html (423 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt
		When the Assyrian Empire was preoccupied with revolts, and civil war over control of the throne, Psammetichus threw off his ties to the Assyrians, and formed alliances with Gyges, king of Lydia, and recruited mercenaries from Caria and Greece to resist Assyrian attacks.
		With the sack of Nineveh in 612 BC and the fall of the Assyrian Empire, both Psammetichus and his successors attempted to reassert Egyptian power in the Near East, but were driven back by the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar II.
		With the help of Greek mercenaries, Apries was able to hold back Babylonian attempts to conquer Egypt, but it was the Persians who conquered Egypt, and their king Cambyses II carried Psammetichus III to Susa in chains.
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	Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Driven out of Egypt by the next Dynasty, this group retired to Napata, in the Sudan, and retained a Kingdom there and (from 590 BCE) at Meroë until the 4th century CE.
		Egypt was an Augustan province so the governors were appointed directly by the Emperor rather than by the traditional Senatorial lottery.
		Though their hegemony was short-lived, the Hyksos left a lasting impact on Egypt; they introduced the composite bow, the khopesh sword, the horse and the chariot as well as many Canaanite gods and religious concepts.
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	Ancient Nubia: Map and History of Rulers
		The Osirian Temple of Taharqa at Karnak in Egypt
		This is the end of the 25th Dynasty Egypt; withdrew to Nubia; moved their administrative center further south, from Napata to Meroe.
		By 653 BC, Nubian 25th Dynasty dominance of Egypt was at an end, and also the old dynastic culture that the Nubians tried to restore.
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	IRANIAN HISTORY: ACHAEMENID DYNASTY - EGYPT UNDER THE ACHAEMENIDS - (CAIS) ©
		The last pharaoh of the Twenty-Sixth dynasty, Psamtik (Psammetichus) III, was defeated by Cambyses II (q.v.; 530-22 B.C.E.) in the battle of Pelusium in the eastern Nile delta in 525 B.C.E.; Egypt was then joined with Cyprus and Phoenicia in the sixth satrapy of the Achaemenid empire (Cook, p.
		Herodotus, who traveled in Egypt a few years later, visited Papremis and studied the remains of the fallen, confirming his belief that the Egyptians, who usually went bareheaded in the sun, had stronger skulls, whereas the Persians, who covered their heads, had more fragile ones (3.12).
		Idem, "The Persian Occupation of Egypt," in Camb.
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/History/hakhamaneshian/achaemenid_egypt.htm (1760 words)

	Sixth Dynasty - 2323-2150 BCE
		The relationship between the founder of the 6th Dynasty and his predecessor is debated.
		It is often claimed that the policy of instating local governors in the provinces eventually caused the downfall of this dynasty and of the Old Kingdom.
		During the early Middle Kingdom and the 19th Dynasty, Teti's memory was especially honoured as "Teti, beloved of Ptah".
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	Egypt Kingdom \| Ancient Kingdom \| Pharaohs Kingdom \| Old Kingdom Egypt \| Egypt Middle Kingdom \| Pharaohs Lost Kingdom
		The Kingdom of Upper Egypt was established in the Nile Valley, and the Kingdom of Lower Egypt was centered in the Delta.
		By the end of the sixth dynasty, the monarchy collapsed altogether, and the Old's Kingdom came to an end.
		Ramses assembled the biggest army Egypt had ever seen, but was lucky to avoid a shattering defeat at the hands of the Hittites, a mixed group of people whose capital was in central Turkey.
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	Egypt - First Dynasty
		Menes was the founding king of the 1st Dynasty, and was considered to be the first king to unify Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom.
		This essentially meant that she ruled Egypt until he was capable of doing so himself.There are, many scholars who think that Merenith was a ruler in her own right.
		Semerkhet was the sixth king of the 1st Dynasty.
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	The Story of Africa\| BBC World Service
		The twelfth dynasty king Sesostris I and his successor Sesostris III built fortresses in Nubia and formed standing armies to fight against the Nubians.
		Eventually Egypt was divided between Kings ruling from Tanis in the north and high priests based in the southern town of Thebes.
		Alexander the Great occupies Egypt in 332 BC and one of his governors, Ptolomy, founds a dynasty, which comes to an end with the famous Queen Cleopatra.
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	Encyclopedia Smithsonian: The Egyptian Pyramid
		The pyramids of Egypt fascinated travellers and conquerors in ancient times and continue to inspire wonder in the tourists, mathematicians, and archeologists who visit, explore, measure and describe them.
		On the walls of Fifth and Sixth Dynasty pyramids are inscriptions known as the Pyramid Texts, an important source of information about Egyptian religion.
		The scarcity of ancient records, however, makes it difficult to be sure of the uses of all the buildings in the pyramid complex or the exact burial procedures.
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	History of the Copts of Egypt
		Egypt's prosperity and civilization continued under the Pharaohs of the middle kingdom 2066-1650 B.C. Thebes emerged as the capital of Egypt.
		King Ahmose or Amosis defeated the last of the Hyksos, and initiated the 18th dynasty and the new kingdom 1550-1064 B.C. This is considered to be the golden era of ancient Egypt.
		Egypt was annexed as a province of the Roman Empire 30 B.C.- 641 A.D. The Greeks followed by the Romans, though they ruled Egypt, were admirers of the Egyptian civilization, knowledge and culture.
	www.copts.net /history.asp (4912 words)

	Old Kingdom Egypt - Sixth Dynasty
		Pepi I (Meryre), 2321 - 2287 B.C. The son of Teti and Queen Ipwet was the third king of the 6th Dynasty.
		Pepi II (Neferkare), 2278 - 2184 B.C. The fifth king of the 6th Dynasty was the son of Pepi I and Queen Ankhnesmeryre II.
		Reportedly, Pepi ruled Egypt for 94 years.His pyramid was built in Saqqara.
	alex.edfac.usyd.edu.au /BLP/websites/egypt/6THDYN.HTM (200 words)

	Smith's Bible Dictionary \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		(the Sesostris of the Greeks), of the nineteenth dynasty.
		The dumb tumults covers the misfortune: which was suffered, for the record of these events was inseparably connected with the humiliating confession of a divine visitation, to which a patriotic writer at the court of Pharaoh would hardly have brought his mind.” The table on page 186 gives some of the latest opinions.
		Pharaoh-hophra.—The next king of Egypt mentioned in the Bible is Pharaoh-hophra, the second successor of Necho, from whom he was separated by the six-years reign of Psammetichus II.
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	Egypt: History - Dynasty XXVI (Twenty-sixth Dynasty)
		A distorted reference to the troops sent to Egypt by Gyges may possibly be found in the bronze-clad Ionians and Carians who according to Herodotus helped Psammetichus to gain the mastery over the other Delta princes.
		It is in the Saite dynasty that the ancient titles of the nobility were revived, that their sculptures and reliefs were deliberately copied from those of the Old Kingdom, and that their tombs were inscribed with extracts from the Pyramid Texts.
		The defeat of the Babylonians was probably the cause of Jehoiakim's defection and alliance with Egypt despite the warnings of the prophet Jeremiah.
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	Egypt Tours, Egyptian Tours, Nile Cruise, Egypt Vacation, Nile tour
		Great Egypt tours are featuring Cairo, the capital of Egypt, The wild Sahara safari tours in Sinai the land where Moses walked his people through for forty years and where he received the ten commends on the St. Catharine mountain.
		Egypt also features tours to Luxor the biggest open museum in the world Between Luxor and Aswan the capital of the south you can cruise the Nile in breath taken views of the country side.
		Culture Minister Farouk Hosni approved the travel of an antiquities team to Japan to inaugurate the Egyptian monuments exhibition to be staged in the museum of the University of Wasida, in the City of Sengoku on July 31, 2007 to last till September 9.
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	Egypt: History - Pharaonic Dynasty VI (Sixth Dynasty)
		All that need be said here about the close of Dynasty VI is that dynastic troubles clearly ensued immediately after the death of the aged king and that as in Dynasty XII a queen momentarily succeeded in taking advantage of the situation.
		It has been argued, probably rightly, that the post was created in Dynasty V both to ensure the collection of taxes throughout the southern nomes and also to counteract the growing power of the provincial nobles.
		In Dynasty IV the vizier was regularly one of the royal princes, but later the office passed into the hands of some noble of outstanding ability, with whom it tended to become hereditary.
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	Egypt Site Map
		The Osirian Temple of Taharqa at Karnak in Egypt
		The Tomb of Mehu at Saqqara in Egypt
		Osiris Hek-Djet, Temple of at Karnak in Luxor, Egypt
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		The Twenty-First Dynasty was established by successors of Herihor and Smendes who continued to rule Upper and Lower Egypt separately from Thebes and Tanis.
		Upper Egypt held out longer against Nubian invaders until being overrun by the armies of their ruler Piankhi all the way to Memphis.
		The Persians first invaded Egypt in 525BC, initiating a period of foreign domination of the country which lasted until 1952, when an Egyptian republic replaced the monarchy of King Farouk.
	www.arab.net /egypt/et_lateperiod.htm (426 words)

	Third dynasty of Egypt Information
		The Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Old Kingdom.
		In any case, Djoser is the best known king of this dynasty, for commissioning his vizier Imhotep to build the earliest surviving pyramids, the Step Pyramid.
		In the 20th Dynasty, a text named the Instructions was ascribed to Kagemni.
	www.bookrags.com /Third_dynasty_of_Egypt (135 words)

	A Short History of Ancient Egypt: Contents
		A short history of ancient Egypt: The Unification - The pyramid builders - The growth of the middle class, the decline of central power and the conquest of the Hyksos - Building an empire - The rule of the foreigners - The Hellenists
		Dynasties III to XI: From the first pyramid builders to the beginning of the Middle Kingdom
		Dynasties XII to XVII: The growth of the middle class, the decline of central power and the conquest of the Hyksos
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	26th Dynasty ( 664-525 BCE ) ...Ancient Egypt Travel Tours, Visit Pharaonic Sites in Egypt, The Royal Succession 26th ...
		This dynasty was founded Psametik I, who was the son of the saite prince Nekau I who was rewarded with the rule of the western delta, a long with Memphis, he was killed but psametik I managed to return to the throne and established the twenty-sixth.
		The saite or the twenty sixth dynasty of Egypt was the last native dynasty to rule Egypt before the Persian conquest, and it's capital at Sais.it is often consided part of the late period.
		Ahmose II after his ascending to the throne secured the east and the west borders of Egypt by building many garrisons to protect Egypt from the Babylonians and captured Cyprus.
	www.memphistours.com /Egypt.php?ID=316 (293 words)

	Royal Ontario Museum \| Schools & Kids
		Heka-ib is the nick-name of Pepynakht, who ruled Elephantine and most of Upper Egypt towards the end of the reign of Pepy II.
		She lived on after the death of her second husband, and was buried in a large mastaba at Giza with Kawab.
		The fact that this courtier was not buried near his king is an example of the decentralization of power during the Sixth Dynasty.
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