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Cult temple dedicated to Amun, Mut and Khonsu. Built over 2,000 years.
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His principle achievement was to weaken the Hyksos
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NEW KINGDOM 1539-1075
The kings were buried in rock-cut tombs, but separate mortuary temples continued to be built nearby. All were provided with a staff of priests and assured of supplies through endowments of estates and lands, to ensure religious services and offerings in perpetuity. -
Son of Thutmose I. Successfully put down rebellions in Nubia and Levant.
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Daughter of Thutmose. Hatshepsut extended Egyptian trade and oversaw ambitious building projects, most notably the Temple of Deir el-Bahri- where she would be buried. Depicted (at her own orders) as a male in many contemporary images and sculptures, Hatshepsut remained largely unknown to scholars until the 19th century. Has a trading expedition she authorized that brought back vast riches–including ivory, ebony, gold, leopard skins and incense–to Egypt from a distant land known as Punt
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In reign of Pharaoh Thutmose III. Battle between Thutmose III and a rebellious coalition under Kadesh. Fought in the vicinity of Megiddo. he Battle of Megiddo was an Egyptian victory and resulted in a rout of the Canaanite forces, which fled to safety in the city of Megiddo. Their action resulted in the subsequent lengthy Siege of Megiddo.
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Thutmose III lead the Megiddo battle which was claimed a Egyptian success.
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situated in the east bank of the nile. Temple was dedicated to Amun, Kut and Khonsu. was one of the most important festivals in New Kingdom.
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Created the new pleasure palace at Malkata, on the west bank of the Nile, just across from the capital of Thebes. 12 years old when he came to the throne
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His religious reforms cripple the economy and damage international relations and trade; Egyptian Empire declines under his rule. Defied tradition by establishing a new religion that believed that there is but one god; the sun god Aten.
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He was 12 yearls old when he reigned. The country was economically weak and in turmoil following the reign of Akhenaten. Diplomatic relations with other kingdoms had been neglected, and Tutankhamun sought to restore them
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Akhenaten initiated religious reforms that proscribed the traditional polytheistic religious practices in Egypt and instituted monotheism in the form of the religion of Aten.
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Snefru also started trade between Egypt and its neighbor to the south. He sent a trading expedition up the Nile into Nubia, and it returned with 7,000 slaves and 200,000 head of cattle. Over time, trade up and down the Nile Valley increased. As its location Nubia controlled commerce between central Africa and Egypt. Nubian traders supplied Egypt with animal skins, ivory, ostrich feathers, and beautiful woods from the African interior. Nubia traded gold from its desert mines for Egyptian wheat.