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Old Kingdom (III - VI dynasties) - 2700-2200 B.C. Middle Kingdom (XI - XIV dynasties) - 2000-1800 B.C. New Kingdom (XVIII - XX dynasties) - 1600-1100 B.C. (obelisks) **Egypt is dependent on the flooding of the Nile for water** *Egypt needs social organization* *Egypt is the gift of the Nile(?)* ***Man does have an effect on his environment Deadly parasite in the Nile because of human interference. First God man invented was female (Goddess of fertility) Egypt has natural defendable frontiers Desert, cataracts, red sea Remains unchanged for 2,000 years Abundance of natural resources Stone, silver, gold, copper Do not possess timber **Lebanon's flag -> cedar tree **Egypt was mostly self-sufficient When looking at ancient Egypt, all we really have is monuments. On obelisks, important events, not their causes, are written in hieroglyphs around and down. Scribes were the intelligencia