Ancient Egypt and Its Contribution to the World Civilization
The ancient Egypt civilization lasted for over 3,000 years and became one of the most powerful and iconic civilizations in history. At its height ancient Egypt's Empire stretched as far north as modern day Syria and as far south as today's Sudan. But long before it was an empire. Ancient Egypt was a series of small independent city states that bloomed along North Africa's Nile River. The city states were divided into two regions and named according to the flow of the Nile. Upper Egypt in the south which was upstream and lower Egypt in the north which was downstream. By about 3,100 BC the two halves divided thereby creating one Egyptian state that lasted for millennia. The reign of the civilization can be divided into three major periods of prosperity, called the Old Middle and New Kingdoms and two periods of instability in between, called the First and Second intermediate periods. Egyptian Pharaoh Source: livescience.com Guiding the Egyptian people was a succession of about...