What did Ancient Egypt Collapse

 these follows the prehistoric Egypt and

formed around 3100 BC with a political

unification of upper and lower egypt

under mayonnaise often identified as nor

mer the history of these lands is a long

one stretched on thousands of years the

people here experienced throughout time

lots of events from conflicts to periods

of peace from famine and decay to

prosperity and incredible wonders that

the world had never seen a series of

kingdoms existed separated by periods of

relative instability known as

intermediate periods the old kingdom of

the early Bronze Age the middle kingdom

of the middle Bronze Age and the new

kingdom of the Late Bronze Age just by

looking at these lands and knowing their

incredible achievements which happened

thousands of years ago we may sure

consider that this ancient civilization

was a successful one considering that

the great pyramid of khufu was built

around 2582 2560 BC with a simple math

calculation the year 1 AD when Jesus

existed is closer to our present year

than it is to the construction of this

gigantic wonder the success of the

ancient Egyptian civilizations came from

many directions but one is from its

ability to adapt to the conditions of

the Nile River Valley for agriculture

the predictable flooding and controlled

irrigation of the fertile valley

produced surplus crops which supported a

dense population and social development

and culture the administration sponsored

mineral exploitation of the valley and

surrounding desert regions the early

development of an independent writing

system the organization of collective

construction and agricultural projects

trade with surrounding regions and a

military intended to

search Egyptian dominance motivating and

organizing these activities was a

bureaucracy of elite scribes religious

leaders and administrators under the

control of a pharaoh a king who secures

the unity of the Egyptian people in the

context of an elaborate system of

religious beliefs the many great

achievements of the ancient Egyptians

include the construction techniques that

supported the building of monumental

pyramids temples and obelisks a system

of mathematics irrigation systems and

agricultural production techniques and a

practical and effective system of

medicine also the Egyptians were masters

in cutting and polishing building

materials new forms of traditions

existed throughout the years and the

state also confronted with outside

enemies a new interesting thing is that

the earliest known peace treaty was made

between them and the Hittites seeing

their great ruins monuments statues

buildings that lasted until our days

knowing about their medicine abouts

their military might even we may ask

what happened to them what was the

reason or reasons that led to the

collapse of ancient Egypt the seeds

actually lay around one and a half

millennia earlier when Egypt was

apparently at the height of its powers

in the reign of ramses ii during what is

known as the 19th dynasty of egyptian

history

Rameses great foes were the Hittites of

what is now modern Turkey a key battle

with whom at Kadesh was frequently

displayed on the great Pharaoh's temples

but during the course of its history

Egypt was invaded or conquered by a

number of foreign powers including the

Hyksos the Libyans the nubbins the

Assyrians and the acumen and Persians

the first sign of weakening was a loss

of military power and lackluster

military development due to available

natural resources while other

surrounding and growing empires were

able to forge iron from resources

available locally the differences

between their

was that while the Egyptians were armed

with weapons of bronze the Hittites had

access to iron thus even if it wasn't a

decisive problem falling behind military

technology in comparison to your enemies

could be considered as a factor in the

coming decline Egypt lacked access to

war and other necessary metals slowly as

the world evolved Egypt became

vulnerable to more powerful competing

armies additionally throughout history

great civilizations collapsed not only

because of external pressure but of

internal to crises have occurred

political conflicts led to the eventual

split of the Empire into northern and

southern areas and a protracted civil

war began between the two regions the

internal fragmentation was caused in

time as these problems led to further

division of the Egyptian state and this

opened doors for other growing empires

to invade and take Egyptian territory

and resources coupled with the lack of

natural resources to support their

military power several political events

greatly influenced the Power Balance in

Egypt the first was the shifting role of

the important pharaoh the conflict was

on after a long civil war and several

attempts to reunite the Egypt state the

Empire remains split with huge gaps and

administration a loose association

between the governments of the two

regions every part of the state is

important for its continuance and for

its prosperity here religion played a

major role in nearly all aspects of

Egyptian life we can see this on ancient

walls the hieroglyphs are still there

the administration was not working

properly and the state was weak from the

interior the quality of life has become

worse and worse for the ordinary people

has the economic disparity between the

population and the religious elite grew

citizens grew more displeased the

religious leaders controls large

portions of Egypt's land giving them a

disproportionate share of the nation's

income conflicts over wealth

distribution led to questions about the

lack of proper administration and

as well in addition to the distribution

of wealth military conflicts towards the

end of the ancient Egyptian era were

incredibly expensive funding massive

military investments strains the

government's capital and further

weakened the state all these issues

created more issues the dependency of

the Nile River the lack of mental

resources the corruption that led to the

lack of economic health made Egypt less

able to handle other stresses eventually

leading to its fall even if the internal

conflicts influence the health of the

Egyptian state external military

conflicts further weakens the Empire a

big blow happened in 7th century BC the

nearby Assyrians invaded Egypt the

Assyrians occupied Memphis sacks the

temples of Thieves

and reigned until 627 BC during this

time period the Egyptian climate

contributed to the fall of ancient Egypt

in other ways the Nile River which was

the primary resource of water for

drinking and crop irrigation was a

temperamental River known for flooding

and periods of low water levels this

caused widespread hunger and thousands

of Egyptians died from dehydration and

starvation while experts believe the low

water in the Nile was the primary

influence for the fall of ancient Egypt

during the later period in the Empire's

existence a two to three decades period

was marked by erratic flooding of the

Nile destroying crops and starving the

people depended on them the Assyrians

left control of Egypt to a series of

vassals who became known as the site

kings of the 26th dynasty

even if the Assyrians were pushed back

the economy and culture were revitalized

but in 525 BC a new danger appeared the

mighty Persian Empire began the conquest

of Egypt capturing the Pharaoh some took

the 3rd of the Battle of Pella see'em

the Persian King assumes the formal

title of Pharaoh but ruled Egypt from

Iran leaving Egypt under the control of

a Satrapi that's the end of this

extended period of political and

economic unrest and devis

Sadek climate issues Egypt has lost most

of its land and became a mere province

within the Persian Empire revolts

happened thousands of its people had

died and the public was increasingly

dissatisfied with both their political

and religious leaders Alexander the

Great conquered the Persian Empire and

too was welcomed by the Egyptians as a

savior the administration established by

Alexander's successors the makedonia and

Ptolemaic Kingdom was based on an

Egyptian model and based in the new

capital of Alexandria the city showcased

the power and prestige of Hellenistic

rule and became a seat of learning and

culture continued Egyptian revolts

ambitious politicians and powerful

opponents from the Near East mades this

situation unstable leading Rome to send

forces to secure the country as a

province of its Empire Christianity

began to spread through Egypt and with

its the Greek alphabet both transforming

key features of the ancient culture that

we know and recognize today adopting a

new religion where the old religion has

been a major cultural force in the

Egyptian Empire led to the end of

practices such as mummification

that's the ancient Egyptians were well

known for similarly adoption of the

Greek alphabets led to the disuse of

hieroglyphics another key feature of

Egypt that we have with us today these

shift signals the true fall of ancient

Egypt although the forces that drove the

decline has been operating for a

considerable time period in the 4th

century as the Roman Empire divided each

if found itself in the Eastern Empire in

the waning years of the Empire Egypt

fell to the sustaining Persian army 618

to 628 AD and was recaptured by the

Roman Emperor Heraclius

629 to 639 AD and then was finally

captured by the Muslim rashidun Army in

639 - 641 AD ending Roman rule in its

last centuries from its internal

problems until the Arab conquest the

Egyptian civilization was more and more

influenced by the outside world

having their own problems the kingdom of

the Nile couldn't resist against foreign

influences Persians Greeks and Romans