History of ancient egypt for Android

History of ancient egypt app for android description: Ancient egypt was a civilization of ancient northeastern africa concentrated along the lower reaches of the nile river in what is now the modern country of egypt.
It is one of six civilizations globally to arise independently.
Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 bc (according to conventional egyptian chronology) with the political unification of upper and lower egypt under the first pharaoh.
The history of ancient egypt occurred in a series of stable kingdoms 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.
Egypt reached the pinnacle of its power during the new kingdom in the ramesside period where it rivalled the hittite empire assyrian empire and mitanni empire after which it entered a period of slow decline.
Egypt was invaded or conquered by a succession of foreign powers such as the canaanites hyksos libyans the nubians the assyrians babylonians the achaemenid persians and the macedonians in the third intermediate period and the late period of egypt.
In the aftermath of alexander the great 39 s death one of his generals ptolemy soter established himself as the new ruler of egypt.
This greek ptolemaic kingdom ruled egypt until 30 bc when under cleopatra it fell to the roman empire and became a roman province.
The success of ancient egyptian civilization came partly 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 more dense population and social development and culture.
With resources to spare 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