Ancient Egypt

Foreign Power & The Macedonia

1070

There was a series of foreign power that ruled over Egypt. One of the rulers was Alexander the Great the king of Macedonia who conquered Egypt. After his death the Macedonia still continued to rule Egypt. The last ruler was a queen named Cleopatra.

King Rameses II

1213

After 44 years past King Tutankhamun finally died and Rameses II took over. His 66 year reign was the longest reign of all Egyptian pharaoh reign history. King Rameses wanted Egypt to be strong when in war so he extended Egypt's territory to stretch all the way to south. When Egypt extended south into the African Kingdom Nubia. The empire also extended towards the Eastern rim of the Med Sea. There it bordered the people called the Hittites.

King Tutankhamun (1333-1377)

1333

King Tutankhamun was king after three years when King Akhenaton was dead. The priests then convinced him to turn away from the religion that Akhenaton established and go back to the religion that the Egyptians once believed.

Raise Of The Sun God

1353

When Akhenaton was king he tried to make the Egyptians believe that there was one god named Aton who was the sun god. He then closed the other temples of the other gods that weren't Aton. but soon the priests who lost power was angry at him so he ran away to a city that's capital was called Akhenaton that was 200 miles away.

First Queen Of Egypt (1472-1487)

1472

Queen Hatshepsut declared herself as the ruler of Egypt and then ruled with her son (Thutmose lll) but she put on a fake beard to make people think that she's man. But in 15 years she disappeared, she might have died peacefully or her son might've killed her. After her son became pharaoh he tried to destroy every record of her.