Egypt: The Pharaonic Kingdom and the Nile

Fertile Crescent:
1.Early villages of foragers
2.Agriculture: dry farming
3.EarlyUrban Centers: Irrigation agriculture, full-time craft specialization




A= White Crown of Upper Egypt
B= Red Crown of Sais and Butto (Lower Egypt)
C= Combination Crown to signify rule over entire territory

Mesopt. And Egyptian Chronology (ca./B.C.)

Late Uruk Period 3300-3000 Predynastic (c. 4650-3150)
Early Dynastic Period 1+2 (3050-2686) Early Dynastic Period 2900-2300
Old Kingdom Dynasties 3-6 (c.2686-2181)


Ca. 2350 BC
6th Dynasty:

System of ‘nomes’ (Greek nomos=district, province)
Villages, royal estates and small towns grouped together into regional administrative units under the control of a local governor. Arbitrary divisions.