"Ancient Egypt is defined as the civilization that flourished in North Africa between circa 6000 and 30 BCE - from the Predynastic Period in Egypt (circa 6000 to circa 3150 BCE) through the Ptolemaic Dynasty (323-30 BCE) before Egypt became a province of Rome. Roman Egypt (30 BCE to 646 CE) afterwards fell to the invasions of the Muslim Arabs."
"For thousands of years, the civilization of Egypt was among the most significant in the ancient world, and its kings were considered the living representatives of the divine on earth. The central value of Egyptian culture was balance - personified by the goddess Ma'at - and this encouraged a stable social platform from which people could explore the world and advance their understanding of how to live in it and, further, what waited in the afterlife beyond death."
Ancient Egypt flourished in North Africa from circa 6000 to 30 BCE, continuing under Roman rule until 646 CE. Kings served as living representatives of the divine, and cultural life centered on balance embodied by Ma'at, fostering social stability and inquiry into life and the afterlife. Egyptian civilization made significant advances in medicine, architecture, construction, literature, religious practice, and produced a grand, comforting vision of the afterlife. Chronology relied on regnal years and notable natural or historical events; labels like 'kingdoms' and 'intermediate periods' are modern scholarly tools created to simplify study and organize Egypt's long history.
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