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2920 BCE
King Menes
Pharaoh,
Possibly know as Narmer,
Egypt's first pharaoh,
United Lower and Upper Egypt -
2649 BCE
Old Kingdom
1st Kingdom -
2630 BCE
King Zoser or Djoser
Pharaoh,
Famous for building the step pyramid,
Step pyramid led to the buildings of huge pyramids -
2551 BCE
King Khuf
Pharaoh,
Also known as Cheops,
Old Kingdom pharaoh who made the great pyramid of Giza -
2040 BCE
Middle kingdom
2nd Kingdom -
1552 BCE
New Kingdom
3rd Kingdom -
1489 BCE
Queen Hatshepsut
Daughter of Thutmose 1,
Wife and half sister to Thutmose 2,
Had girls, no boys,
Thutmose 3 was not her son, but from another Wife from Thutmose 2, Coregent of Thutmose 3, Increased trade to erect monuments to gods, Proclaimed Amen Re as her father,
Her mummy was never found,
Her images were chiped of walls,
Thutmose may have been responsible -
1364 BCE
King Akhenaten
Pharaoh, Changed the Egyptian religion to the belief in certain gods, Aten, Changed the capital to Akhenaten (Amarna), Influenced a new style of Egyptian art in which humans resembling Akhenaten are shown as normal, Because of his changes, he was unpopular and most of his monuments were destroyed, Peculiar appearance: elongated face and neck, sunken chest, narrow waist, broad hips, long feeble legs -
1347 BCE
King Tutankhamum
Son of Akhenaten, Came to throne at age of 9, Married half-sister Ankhesenamun, Military generals Ay and Horemheb became
regents for Tut, Restored old gods, Restored capitals of Memphis and Thebes
