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Ancient Egypt was among the world's first civilizations. Its roots lay in the prehistoric cultures that had developed in northern Africa. The ancient Egyptians called the fertile land along the Nile Kemet, or the "Black Land," to distinguish it from the surrounding "Red Land," or desert. The river valley and the Delta, where the Nile branches into different channels before it runs into the sea, form Upper and Lower Egypt and together were known as the Two Lands, which for most of Egypt's history were unified under a single king. Ancient Egypt was the world's first state and also one of the longest-lasting, maintaining its unique identity for over three thousand years, even under Hellenistic and Roman rule. Before the conquest of Alexander the Great in 332 BC, the history of Egypt is divided into thirty Dynasties, which mark different ruling "families," sometimes related and sometimes not. Egyptian kings would eventually come to be called pharaohs, after the word for the royal palace—per-a'a.

The Dynastic, or Pharaonic, Period has been divided by modern scholars to reflect high points of Egyptian history, which are referred to as the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms. These three eras are separated by Intermediate Periods, times of economic depression and political instability. The end of the Dynastic Age is marked by the invasions of the Persian and Macedonian empires. After the death of Alexander the Great (332 BC), the rule of Egypt was granted to his general, Ptolemy, and to Ptolemy's family, who ruled Egypt for almost three centuries, until the defeat of the last Ptolemaic ruler, Cleopatra vii, at the hands of the Romans. Egypt then became a Roman province with the Roman emperors venerated as pharaohs by the Egyptians. During the third century AD, Christianity spread to Egypt, and that early form of Christianity survives today in the Coptic Church. In AD 641, the Arabs invaded Egypt, bringing with them a new religion, Islam. Thus, Egypt became a Muslim country, and Arabic gradually replaced the ancient Egyptian language, which survives in the liturgical language of the Coptic Church.

Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

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Description
From the museum:

Ancient Egypt was among the world's first civilizations. Its roots lay in the prehistoric cultures that had developed in northern Africa. The ancient Egyptians called the fertile land along the Nile Kemet, or the "Black Land," to distinguish it from the surrounding "Red Land," or desert. The river valley and the Delta, where the Nile branches into different channels before it runs into the sea, form Upper and Lower Egypt and together were known as the Two Lands, which for most of Egypt's history were unified under a single king. Ancient Egypt was the world's first state and also one of the longest-lasting, maintaining its unique identity for over three thousand years, even under Hellenistic and Roman rule. Before the conquest of Alexander the Great in 332 BC, the history of Egypt is divided into thirty Dynasties, which mark different ruling "families," sometimes related and sometimes not. Egyptian kings would eventually come to be called pharaohs, after the word for the royal palace—per-a'a.

The Dynastic, or Pharaonic, Period has been divided by modern scholars to reflect high points of Egyptian history, which are referred to as the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms. These three eras are separated by Intermediate Periods, times of economic depression and political instability. The end of the Dynastic Age is marked by the invasions of the Persian and Macedonian empires. After the death of Alexander the Great (332 BC), the rule of Egypt was granted to his general, Ptolemy, and to Ptolemy's family, who ruled Egypt for almost three centuries, until the defeat of the last Ptolemaic ruler, Cleopatra vii, at the hands of the Romans. Egypt then became a Roman province with the Roman emperors venerated as pharaohs by the Egyptians. During the third century AD, Christianity spread to Egypt, and that early form of Christianity survives today in the Coptic Church. In AD 641, the Arabs invaded Egypt, bringing with them a new religion, Islam. Thus, Egypt became a Muslim country, and Arabic gradually replaced the ancient Egyptian language, which survives in the liturgical language of the Coptic Church.

Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

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