Part one of term paper
Egyptian Empire The origins of ancient Egyptian civilization, which may regard as one of the fountainheads of the Western culture, cannot be established with certainty. Archaeological evidence suggests that early dwellers in the Nile Valley were influenced by cultures of the Near East, but the degree of this influence is yet to be determined ...

Part two of term paper
... provided priceless data. The framework for the study of the Dynastic period of Egyptian history, between the first dynasty and the Ptolemaic period, relies on the Aegyptiaca of Manetho, a Ptolemaic priest of the 3rd centry b.c., who organized the country's into 30 dynasties, roughly corresponding to families. General agreement exists on the division of Egyptian history, up to the conquest of Alexander the Great, into Old, Middle, and New kingdoms with intermediate periods , followed by th ...