The earliest civilization in history is the ancient Egyptian civilization. Ancient Egyptian civilization was formed about 6000 years ago (4000 years ago). The former dynasty of ancient Egypt began about 5 100 years ago (the first 3 100 years ago), menes unified and went up and down to Egypt to establish the first dynasty, and it ended in 30 BC when Rome conquered the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt.

Since King Narmer unified Egypt, ancient Egypt has experienced the rule of 3 1 dynasty in seven periods: early dynasty, ancient kingdom, first middle period, middle kingdom, second middle period, new kingdom and late Egypt.

Among them, ancient Egypt reached its peak in the18th dynasty (before15th century). Upper Egypt in the southern Nile valley is now from Sudan to Ethiopia, while Lower Egypt in the northern delta region, except for part of Egypt and Libya, has its eastern border crossing the Sinai Peninsula to the Canaan Plain.

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Ancient Egyptian civilization was formed 365,438+050 years ago. Since King Narmer unified upper and lower Egypt, it has experienced the rule of 365,438+0 dynasties in seven periods: the early dynasty, the ancient kingdom, the first intermediate period, the middle kingdom, the second intermediate period, the new kingdom and the late Egypt (see the section on chronology).

Among them, ancient Egypt reached its peak in the18th dynasty (before15th century). Upper Egypt in the southern Nile valley is now from Sudan to Ethiopia, while Lower Egypt in the northern delta region, except for part of Egypt and Libya, has its eastern border crossing the Sinai Peninsula to the Canaan Plain.

Ancient Egypt has its own hieroglyphic system, perfect political system and polytheistic religious system, and its ruler is called Pharaoh, so it is also called Pharaoh era or Pharaoh Egypt.

The land of ancient Egypt is closely distributed in the narrow strip around the Nile. The ancient Egyptians achieved great success in agricultural production by controlling and controlling the annual flood of the Nile. During the ancient Egyptian civilization of more than 3000 years, they built huge pyramids, temples and obelisks, and established the most advanced medical system in the world at that time.

Ancient Egyptian civilization had a great influence on later civilizations such as ancient Greece, ancient Rome and Judaism. The study of ancient Egypt has formed a special discipline in academic circles, called Egyptology.

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