AFRICAN WORLD EXPLORATORY UNIVERSITY - A HISTORIC TIMELINE
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| 3.5
mil BC – 6000 BC |
5900
BC – 2000 BC |
1900
BC – 9AD |
10
AD – 1049 AD |
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| 1050
AD – 1699 AD |
1700
AD – 1899 AD |
1900
AD – 1969 AD |
1970
AD – 1995 AD |
1900 BC – 9AD
1900 BC: Egyptian craftsman are creating a new style:
wooden models, which are placed in tombs next to the dead. Are reflects
daily life including the baker kneading dough whish he will pass to the
brewer who is depicted as sieving the fermented dough to make beer, a
favored drink in Egypt.
1800 BC: Egyptians are using mathematics, based on decimals
and addition, to keep temple accounts, for architecture and for land surveying.
Egyptian prosperity has reached new heights during the reign of Amenemhet
III. He promotes international trade, brings an influx of foreign peoples
into the country and has masterminded massive irrigation and land reclamation
projects.
1390 BC: Pictorial art is reaching new heights in the
reign of Amenhotep III. Compositions are larger than ever before; the
gestures of the subjects more supple; and the range of colors more subtle.
The new pharaoh has inherited the most wealthy and powerful country. Egypt
has excellent diplomatic and economic links with all of her neighbors
who acknowledge the pharaoh’s total authority. The crowning glory
of Amenhotep is his great temple at Luxor.
1353
BC: Amenhotep
III is buried at Thebes, in the largest tomb ever prepared for a king.
Egyptians have changed their religion under their new ruler, Amenhotep
IV. He in turn, has changed his name (which meant "Amun is Satisfied)
to Akhenaten (He who is acceptable to Aten) and moved his capital from
Thebes to a newly founded desert town, el-Amarna. The Aten, the actual
disc of the sun, providing heat and prosperity, is the new deity; Amun
is still regarded as a deity intimately connected with the old religion.
The name of Amun is being erased from monuments, and suddenly is a non-god.
1290 BC: Ramess II succeeds his father Seti, to the
throne of Egypt. Seti’s most pressing concern during his reign was
maintaining control of Palestine.
900 BC: The north-east African Kingdom of Nubia (Kush),
under Egyptian domination for 1,000 years, gains its independence. Its
capital is Napata.
640 BC: Egypt’s pharaohs are seeking to emulate
the country’s past glories as the country becomes unified once more
under a central administration. This is based in Memphis, although the
kings live at Sais (Sa-el-Hagar) in the western Delta.
9 AD: Over 30 years after Kush [Sudan] was devastated
by roman invaders, King Natakamani is rebuilding the country, and re-establishing
its prosperity. He is using the revenues of the country’s gold and
iron mines to renovate cities, secure trade routes and re-establish law
and order. He has already built more than any other Kushite ruler, founding
temples and palaces at Amara, Meroe and Naqa, and the shrine of Jebel
Barkal near Napata.