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The population of Lower Egypt was actually very small compared to Upper Egypt up until the Ramesside period. Upper Egypt had ties with the nubians cultures, and I think Lower Egypt would be more likely to use libyan mercenaries instead of levantine because how close the libyans are to egypt...

Narmer being considered the first king of a united egypt is based on evidence not a legend, the unification myth of Egypt involves a Pharaoh named Menes who may be Narmer, or he may just be a made-up king meant to represent the unification process of Egypt. Narmer is considered the first king of...

Upper egypt(ruled by Narmer who was certainly real) did unify Egypt. Lower egypt didn't have a real government except for a few petty chieftains.

Hatshepsut wasn't the mother of Thutmose III, she was his aunt and stepmother.

I hate the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, and there's a few errors in my timeline. If I ever get the time I'd make a timeline either set somewhere in Predynastic Egypt or during the 26th dynasty period(last time Ancient Egypt was awesome).

Oh, thanks for pointing that out. I had it in my head that regardless of where a river flows north=up and south=down.

The Amarna is a fascinating period, and the Priests of Amun were a big part of why Atenism and Akhenaten new laws never lasted. Outside of the new capital Amarna, most of Egypt wasn't Atenist, which is why when Amarna is abandoned the High Priests of Amun were able to regain the power they once...

Thanks for the comments, and I'm going to try to update faster than one update per month. :) An Old Persian-speaking group of tribes have settled in the Iranian Plateau, and currently overwhelming the Mannaean kingdoms. But they are not united yet, they have small alliances but have not...

The Fall of the 21st Dynasty Anubis preparing the tomb of Ramses XIII 978 B.C. Arnuwanda IV, Emperor of one the strongest nations in the world has declared war on Ramses XIII of Egypt. Arnuwanda is furious at Egypt for providing protection to a group of Aramaeans that were seen raiding...

A map of the Middle East and other nations about 1000 B.C. (Vassals are not shown as independent) From west to east- Thracians Mysians Troy Ionia Lycia Phyrgians Kaskians Quwe-Hittite Colchis Egypt Nubia Aramaeans Elam Mannaeans Cadusii Because Egypt is more stable in this timeline, the...

I meant whether Elizabeth had a son or not.

Why would Mary I kill her own sister? And Elizabeth would remain next in line to succession after her sister, regardless of whether she had a son or not.

If another foreign power doesn't take Algeria, then maybe Abd al-Qadir does something similar to what Muhammad Ali did in Egypt. Abd al-Qadir led resistance against French in OTL, and he was also influenced by Muhammad Ali's reforms in Egypt.

They are cities, and the dots with a white outer circle but black in the center are the capitals.

The Unification of the Syro-Hittite States Tiglath-Pileser I was an ambitious king, desiring to turn his kingdom of Assyria into an empire. He prepared a large invasion of the Hittite city-states, remnants of the once large and proud Hittite empire. But in this timeline his plans would not...