Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the NileRiver, situated in the place that is now the country Egypt. Ancient Egyptian civilization followed prehistoricEgypt and coalesced around 3100 BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology) with the politicalunification of Upper and Lower Egypt under Menes (often identified with Narmer).The history of ancientEgypt occurred as a series of stable kingdoms, separated by periods of relative instability known asIntermediate Periods: the Old Kingdom of the Early Bronze Age, the Middle Kingdom of the Middle BronzeAge and the New Kingdom of the Late Bronze Age.
