EGYPT
 | The Nile River Valley region of Africa extends over 4,000 miles, from the highlands on the eastern coast to the delta region in the extreme north. The source of the Nile River itself has been traced to two sources. The first is the Blue Nile which flows from Lake Tana in the mountainous region of Ethiopia. The second is the White Nile which has its beginnings at the Great Lakes region of central Africa. The primary source of the White Nile is a body of water called Nyanza which translated means "Lake." Nyanza is surrounded by the modern day countries of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. These two rivers join at Khartoum in Sudan to form the Nile proper which empties into the Mediterranean Sea. It was along this mighty waterway that cultural complexes sprang up in the south central region of Africa and moved steadily northward.(Photo and Information courtesy of Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization by Anthony T. Browder and Ancient Egypt) |
CHRONOLOGY OF ANCIENT EGYPT
3200-2150BC Old Kingdom Period (Pyramid Age)
2150-1763BC 1st Intermediate Period (Political Upheaval)
2040-1763BC Middle Kingdom (Literary Age)
1783-1550BC 2nd Intermediate Period (Asiatics invade Egypt)
1550-1170BC New Kingdom (Temple and Imperial Age)
1070-750BC 3rd Intermediate Period (Great Decline)
750-675BC Late Kingdom (Nubia conquers and unites Egypt with Napatan Kush)
525-404BC 1st Persian Invasion
404-343BC Dynasties 28-30 (Last native kings rule Egypt)
343-332BC 2nd Persian Invasion
332-30BC Greek Period (Greek invasion ends Egypt)
The Nile Valley gave rise to several cultural complexes such as Itiopi (Ethiopia), Puanit (Somalia or Eritrea) and
Ta-Seti (Nubia). But by far the most well documented and famous of them was a land, though renamed Egypt, which her inhabitants knew as KMT.
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For More on The Nile Valley see the Following:
Who Exactly Were the Ancient Egyptians?