Ascent of Egypt

Ascent of Egypt is the first serie of Empires TV Universe and based on the history of the establishment of the Old Kingdom in Ancient Egypt.

Episode 1: Hunting.

In 8000 BC, in a island of the Delta of Nile, Semej is being attacked by an Alligator and he is saved by his brother Bayak. They come back to their town, meeting with their friend Hepzebah. They lived their lives peaceably, hunting animals and collecting fruit to their town has food. Semej and Hepzebah fell in loved and both build a house, having a son named Pepi. Bayak take a woman named Nefer and they have a daughter. The time passed and the town is growing with people living of hunt and collecting food. Pepi lead a small group of  moving along the migratory tracks of large animals.

Episode 2: Foraging

The year is 6500 BC in the Nile Delta and for generations, the rich hunging lands along the Nile have provided for the town of the island. One day a series of droughts have withered the size of the herds and forced to the actual members of the goup of hunt stablished by Pepi to forage fo new food sources. Fortunately, the banks of the Nile teem with fruits and edible plants.

The leader of the goup Khaif, a descendant of Pepi, lead part of the goup to the east, while his friend Adeben leads works to build a granary. The expedition of Khaif comes back with berries, dates and leeks, that are stored in the new granary. The hunters also obtained meat, but storing meat presented special problems because it spoiled so quickly and easily, so Adeben builds a Storage Pit to the meat. Khaif is acclaimed how a hero and Adeben is admired by his intelligence in the buildings.

Khaif and Adeben plan the creation of a dock to build little boats so that the villagers can taking shellfisch and the eggs of seabirds. Adeben look that the Nile River flooded each year, covering the lands along its course with a fresh layer of silt. He check how these lands were very productive and the Nile Valley was an excellent place to gather wild plant foods. The villagers learnto gather plant foods to supplement their hunting. Khaif predict a glorious future for his people.

Episode 3: Discoveries

Three years later, the hunting group of Khaif venture out, they begin to encounter other cultures to the west, along the Mediterranean Coast. He sent parties of explorers to search the borderlands to learn about these people called Libyans. He learns that the Lybians is trying to find a sacred sites nearby that can be recognized by the Shape of a white horse etched into the ground.

Adeben finds the first sacred place in the Nile river, near of the town. He don't believe in legends but know that his friends are very believers and if they finds this places their faith and spirituality will be strengthened and the people will prosper.

The explorers leaded by Khaif find another sacred places. When they find a sacred place in the west, they find that a group of Lybian scouts have take it. Khaif and his men fights against the Lybians and the Lybians flees to the west. Khaif take the sacred place (a circle of stones) and they celebrate the victory. Adeben, cautious said that the Lybians will come back.

Episode 4: Advancing to a New Age

In 6000 BC, the town, now leaded by Akil, Khaif's descendant, learned new skills, including technologies for fishing and more complex stone tools, thanks to the contact with other cultures. Akil leaded the founding a new settlement in the coast, with a dock and a storage pit, like the town of the island.

With the new tools, Akil lead a hunting expedition, killing two elephants, but he notes that in this zone, the food is scarce. People builds boat and begin to phising, obtaining large amount of fish. Akil discard bulky choppers and hand axes, and with his people creates blades struck from a core stone. These small blades, called microliths, were fitted into handles as knives and onto shafts as arrow and spearpoints. These tools were much more efficient than their predecessors and made daily tasks much easier and thank to these new tools, they prosper and Akil is consider it as a good leader.