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Egypt The Egyptian Empire

Egypt The Egyptian Empire. Middle Kingdom 2050B.C.-1670B.C. Egypt has suffered greatly because of civil wars Amenemhet I becomes pharaoh Capital city moved to Thebes Conquered Nubia and Syria Conquered people sent tributes: forced payments.

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Egypt The Egyptian Empire

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  1. EgyptThe Egyptian Empire

  2. Middle Kingdom 2050B.C.-1670B.C. • Egypt has suffered greatly because of civil wars • Amenemhet I becomes pharaoh • Capital city moved to Thebes • Conquered Nubia and Syria • Conquered people sent tributes: forced payments As a result, Egypt became rich! Dams and waterways were added as well as more farmland. A canal was Built to connect Nile and Red Sea

  3. The Arts Blossom • Arts, literature, and architecture thrived www.cs.dartmouth.edu Poets wrote tributes to pharaohs Valley of the Kings White Temple at Karnak www.odysseyadventures.ca www.en.wikipedia.org

  4. Rule of the Hyksos • Rulers from western Asia • Hyksos were able to take over because of weak pharaohs • Hyksos ruled for 150 years • Hyksos were more advanced in the art of war • War chariots • Bronze swords and shields • Warlike lifestyle Ahmose: Egyptian leader that drove out the Hyksos and ushered in the New Kingdom.

  5. New Kingdom 1550 BC – 1080 BC • Period when Egypt was at its peak • Rich and powerful • Period of expansion • Full time army created

  6. New Kingdom

  7. Hatshepsut • 1st woman ruler recorded in history • Increased trade with other lands • Traded for gold, ivory, ebony and incense Brought great wealth to Egypt Hatshepsut’s funerary temple at Deirel Bahri

  8. Hatshepsut

  9. Thutmose III • Nephew of Hatshepsut • Expanded empire to its greatest size • Grew rich from trade and tribute • Gold, copper and ivory • Conquered people were used as workforce • Rebuild Thebes • Treated well

  10. Thutmose III

  11. Obelisks Favorite monument of New Kingdom pharaohs Usually describes a great action of the pharaoh This is one of Thutmose III’s obelisks

  12. Amenhotep IV or Akhenaton • Remembered for a social and religious revolution • Believed that the priests of Amon Ra were too powerful • Changed the official religion from polytheistic to monotheistic • New god was Aton • Moved capital to Tell el Amarna • Lost most land in western Asia to Hittites Nefertiti

  13. Akhenaten: The Rebel Pharaoh

  14. Akhenaten

  15. The Changes in Art

  16. Rule of the Boy King • Tutankhamen (King Tut) • Became pharaoh when 9-10 years old • Insignificant king • Moved capital back to Thebes and the empire back to the worship of Amon Ra • Only important to history because of the finding of his tomb untouched http://www.virtual-egypt.com/newhtml/special/kingtut/ Tomb discovered by Howard Carter in 1922.

  17. King Tut

  18. Ramses II • 66 year reign • Last of the effective rulers of Egypt • Regained some land in western Asia • Had 100 children • Major wife was Nefertari • Known as the builder pharaoh • Battled the Hittites • Treaty was reached through marriage

  19. Monuments of Ramses II Ramesseum White Chapel at Karnak Temples at Karnak

  20. Abu Simbel Nefertari’s temple at Abu Simbel http://www.egyptinteractive.com/EgyptTour/AbuSimbel.htm

  21. Why Were Temples Built? • Temples were homes to the gods • Offerings were made daily at the temples • Served as banks • Egyptians worshipped at home

  22. Cleopatra -last pharaoh to rule Egypt -from the Ptolemy dynasty -greek heritage -falls in love with Julius Caesar -falls in love with Marc Antony -tries to break ties with Rome and Octavian

  23. Cleopatra and Antony • Battle at Actium in 31 BC • Cleopatra and Antony are defeated by the Romans • Antony kills himself and upon hearing of his death, Cleopatra takes her own life with the bite of an asp (snake) • Egypt is now part of the Roman Republic

  24. Egypt’s Decline and Fall • Empire began to fall apart • Pharaohs could not keep countries under Egyptian control • Egypt lacked iron ore---had to pay high price to make iron weapons • Egypt was controlled by a series of civilizations • Libyans 900 B.C. • Kush 760 B.C. • Assyrians 670 B.C.

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