Egyptian Civilization Best civilizations on Earth
The Egyptians, The Pyramid Makers
The Egyptian Civilization was one of the longest thriving empires the world has ever seen. The only other civilization that can compare is China, which is still around today. Egypt was a thriving civilization from its begin in 3000 BC to the last temple was closed in 537 AD. The Egyptians built structures, and made achievements a tremendous deal ahead of their time.
The history of Ancient Egypt covers a period of over three thousand years. The major crop of Egypt was barley. Egypt was a huge fishing and trading civilization, using boats for transportation and economy. Egyptians believed animals to be sacred creatures, especially the cat. A great amount of Egypt's recognition is based on their structural achievements. They are probably most well known because of their pyramids, and mummies. The Egyptians were highly advanced in their architecture. They built huge structures far ahead of their time, all done with just manpower.
Perhaps another big reason Egypt is so famous is one of the most basic things we take for granted-language. The Egyptians invented hieroglyphics, which was their form of writing. They was also one of the first civilizations to start an organized form of language.
The history of Egypt has been divided up into 9 periods, also known as Kingdoms. These periods have been sub-grouped by historians into 3 periods known as the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom. During the Old Kingdom was when most of Egypt's technology and architectural achievements began. They started work on the pyramids and statues in the Old Kingdom as well as making new technologies. After the Old Kingdom, Egypt had a civil war, but was unified by Mentuhotep II, who unified Egypt again, started the Middle Kingdom, which would become Egypt's classical period. The Middle Kingdom is when the Egyptians began their arts and culture. The final kingdom, the New Kingdom was popular because of the Egyptian expansion. This is the period when Egypt made conquests and increased its size and strength. This is the period where Egypt acquired most of its great wealth. Then they begin building their largest pyramids and statues to honor their gods. After all these periods Egypt was later conquered by Rome and eventually lost its status as a world power.
Egypt is also popular for several more things. Some of these are Egypt's great amount of wealth, riches, and jewels. They are also highly known for their worship of the gods. They believed that there were gods for most natural things, and they also believed in the afterlife, which is why they mummified themselves in tombs, which was for the afterlife.
Egypt is one of the best known civilizations ever and probably because of the magnitude of their accomplishments. Some of the Egyptian's beliefs and practices still baffle historians today, and there are still many artifacts and things to be found about Egypt.
