Practice question · Put in order
Put these Egyptian milestones in chronological order.
- New Kingdom
- Middle Kingdom
- Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt (c. 3100 BCE)
- Death of Cleopatra and Roman annexation (30 BCE)
- The Great Pyramid at Giza (c. 2560 BCE)
- First Intermediate Period
Hints
- Three collapses punctuate the sequence.
- The civilisation is recognisable at both ends of three millennia.
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- Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt (c. 3100 BCE)
- The Great Pyramid at Giza (c. 2560 BCE)
- First Intermediate Period
- Middle Kingdom
- New Kingdom
- Death of Cleopatra and Roman annexation (30 BCE)
Why
Three millennia, three collapses, one recognizable civilization at both ends, which is the fact this whole lesson exists to explain.
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