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Most Famous Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt

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       Hey there, I hope you’re doing well! Last post , we ended on who the pharaohs actually were. Today, I will give insight on some of the most renowned pharaohs of the ancient world. With that being said let’s talk about them! Tutankhamen(Tut)       This is a Pharaoh whom you may have already heard of. What made him so famous was that he took rule of all of Egypt at the age of 9! The other main reason of why he was so known was because his tomb(we will talk more about the pyramids and mummification in a later post) was one of the best tombs preserved of the time. So archeologists could study his face really well. Furthermore, it was not only his body that was preserved well, the treasures and artifacts in his tomb were too. From this one piece of history, archeologists were able to find out so much about that time period. Unfortunately, his time as Pharoah was short-lived. He died at 19 years old at around 1324 B.C and only ruled for 9 years.  Ramses II There is one main reason why
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The Conflict Between Upper and Lower Egypt and the Pharaohs

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  Hey, welcome back! It has been a while since I last posted and I'm very sorry for that. Last time, we closed with Upper and Lower kingdoms. Now, we will learn about the conflict that occurred between the kingdoms and the rulers who governed this new found kingdom. Let’s get started!       The Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt      The Upper Egyptians were led by the White Crown King and the Lower Egyptians were led by the Red Crown King. For several years the two kingdoms fought for control of Egypt. Finally, around 2686 B.C, King Menes or Narmer(the White Crown King)  defeated the Red Crown King and united Egypt. To symbolize the unity of Egypt, King Menes created the Double Crown where he combined both the Red Crown and the White Crown to represent this newly united nation.  The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt         Now that Egypt was united, all of its people were ruled by one leader. This leader became known as the Pharoah. To symbolize his title, he carried a shepherd's
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Ancient Egypt(P4) The Nile River and the Geography of Upper and Lower Egypt

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            Hey there! Welcome back to The Historical Musings. Today we will be getting into a slightly confusing part of ancient Egypt so if you don't understand something read it thoroughly again and if you still don't understand, just comment and I'll make sure to reply. Our topics of the day will be the Nile River and the geography of Upper and Lower Egypt. With that being said let's get started! Geography of the Nile Delta            The Nile river stretches through many parts of Africa and right through Egypt. It starts from the mountains in the south to the Mediterranean Sea in the north. However, before it reaches the Mediterranean, it splits into many little rivers that then run into the Sea. These little rivers together, shape an upside-down triangle. In Greek, the letter delta is also shaped like a triangle, so this segment of the river became known as the Nile Delta (the name is in Greek because it was a Greek historian who first defined that part of the Nil
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Ancient Egypt(P3):The First Cities

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          Hello, Welcome back to The Historical Musings! Last post we learned about irrigation and the first villages. Today, we will move into part three of ancient Egypt and learn about how the very first cities came to be. With that being said, let’s get started! The Earliest Cities         As villages kept growing, trading, and learning new things, they also began growing very rich in resources. The villages became so successful, they feared they would be attacked and robbed by bandits. To prevent this from happening, they built huge stone walls around the villages. These were the first cities of the ancient world. A few major ancient Egyptian cities were Memphis and Thebes, both huge religious centers.                     Memphis was the capital of lower ancient Egypt(we will learn about lower Egypt in a later post:)) and was founded in about 2925 BC/BCE. It was also one of the oldest cities. Thebes was another major city and was the capital of Upper Egypt founded in 3200 BC/(we w
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Ancient Egypt(P2): Irrigation and the First Villages

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            Hey there! Welcome back to The Historical Musings. Today we will be moving into part two of ancient Egypt. Ancient Egypt part one was about how nomads turned into farmers and the Fertile Crescent(to learn more click here ). Now, we will talk about a brand new invention that the ancient Egyptians made and the very first towns. The Irrigation System         First, we must talk about what irrigation even means. Irrigation means a supply of water that goes into land or crops to help grow.  The early farmers had started to make fields of grain for them to harvest. The problem was that the fields needed a lot of water for them to flourish. The land near the rivers was damp enough to do the job but farther away the land was dry for most of the year. So what the farmers did was they learned how to dig canals from the rivers and out into their crops. These canals could reach land however far and dry they were . This irrigation system is still used today! Although, now there are huge
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Ancient Egypt(P1) Nomads to Farmers

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        Hi, Welcome Back! Now that we have gone over the dating system(if you haven't read that post click here )we can move on to the beginnings of Ancient Egypt. So let's get started!  The Nomads of Ancient Egypt           Way before ancient Egypt became a unified and powerful nation, small groups of nomads dominated the area. What are nomads?  Nomads are people who don't live in the same place for long periods of time. There are 3 types of them. Hunter-gatherers, who move from place to place hunting and fishing animals and foraging wild vegetation, pastoral nomads, who live off of domesticated animals and usually try to live near fresh pastures to feed those animals, and trader nomads, who went around trading resources with others. All these people never lived in one place for too long, kept low populations, and didn't own many things. At the beginning of Ancient Egypt, hunter-gatherers were the most prominent type of nomad and they lived their lives the nomadic way
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B.C, A.D, C.E, B.C.E, What Do They All Mean?!

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            Welcome Back! Hopefully, you have already read my Introduction post on this Blog. If not, I strongly suggest reading that and then coming back to this one. With that being said, let's begin our topic for the day!     Before we start actually learning about history, we must understand what the dates of important events in history mean. When you're in school reading those big historic textbooks(I know we all love them so much) you probably saw a number like 389 or 73 and after it is two or three letters like A.D or B.C.E so the full date would look like 79 A.D or 645 B.C. Today, I will talk about what these terms mean and how they came to be. How The System Came to Be      Before the B.C/A.D system was invented, the system that was in use was called the   Diocletian System . I t was a Roman calendar and  named after the 51st Roman emperor. However, in the Easter Tables(for more information on them scroll to the bottom of the post!) a  Christian monk named Dionysius
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