Welcome to the History of the World Podcast. My name is Chris Hasler.

And you're listening to volume 2, The Ancient World

This is episode 15

Ancient Egypt the New Kingdom Oh, Let's go back and catch up with our chronological story of ancient Egypt so far. In around the 32nd century, B.C.E. we believe that a unification process took place which united

upper and lower Egypt to form one kingdom. We believe that it was the upper Egyptians who instigated this

and this may explain why the capital city was at a place called Thinn, which we guess may have been close to the upper Egyptian

city of Abidos.

It wasn't until the 27th century B.C. that we see an acceleration of wealth and power

culminating in what we now refer to as the Old Kingdom of Egypt. The Old Kingdom is

characterized by the pyramids that we find near the new capital city of

Memphis, much nearer to the Nile Delta in Lower Egypt.

The pyramids symbolize the devotion of the Egyptian people to their living deities and pharaohs for whom the pyramids were built

as their final resting place and their portal to the afterlife.

Eventually though the administration to the afterlife. Eventually, though, the administrative divisions called Nomes,

decided to assert a will of independence and the

the Egyptian kingdom broke apart during the 22nd century B.

B.C.

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Ultimately, it would be the theme. B. E. E. E.

Ultimately, it would be the Thebans, so called because they were based at the

upper Egyptian city of Thebes, who would assert their authority over the neighbouring gnomes,

thus resulting in a reunification of the Egyptians

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