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Egyptian Pharaohs

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  • Period: 2686 BCE to 2649 BCE

    DJOSER

    HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE OLD KINGDOM AND A PHARAOH OF THE NINTH DYNASTY. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FAMOUS LIME STONE STEP PYRAMID AT SAQQARA. IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF GREAT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION. IT WAS CREATED BY STACKING UP HUGE LIMESTONE BLOCKS IN THE MASTABA FASHION.
  • Period: 2589 BCE to 2566 BCE

    KHUFU

    HE WAS THE SECOND PHARAOH OF THE FOURTH DYNASTY AND WAS ALSO KNOWN AS KHNUM KHUFU. HE BELONGED TO THE OLD KINGDOM. HIS GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION WAS THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA. ITS REMARKABLE ARCHITECTURE SPEAKS FOR THE IMPECCABLE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES USED IN ANCIENT EGYPT.
  • Period: 1507 BCE to 1458 BCE

    Hatshepsut

    most successful female pharaoh became pharaoh after her husband died had many construction projects and established she reigned for 21 years sh accomplished a lot more than any other pharaoh could have during their reign.
  • Period: 1481 BCE to 1425 BCE

    Thutmose III

    thutmose was the hair to the 8th dynasty
  • Period: 1391 BCE to 1353 BCE

    AMENHOTEP III

    HIS RULE IS ONE OF ARTISTIC GLORY AND PROSPERITY. HE WAS THE 9 TH PHAROH OF THE 18TH DYNASTY. HAD LARGE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY OF EGYPT DUE TO HEALTHY TRADE RELATIONS. HE BUILT MONUMENTS, STATUES' AND STONE SCARABS THE ARE STILL IN GOOD CONDITION TODAY. HE IS CREDITED AS THE PHARAOH WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF HIS OWN STATUES.
  • Period: 1380 BCE to 1334

    AKHENATEN

    HE IS ALSO KNOWN AS AMENHOTEP IV OF 18TH DYNASTY HE TRID TO CHANGE RELIGIOUS TRADITION TO MONOTHEISM, THE WORSHIP IF ONLY ONE GOD, ATEN. THE PEOPLE WERE SO UPSET THAT AFTER HIS DEATH THEY DESTROYED THIS STATUES AND RETURNED TO THEIR SAME OLD METHOD OF WORSHIPING. HE WAS ELIMINATED FROM THE LIST OF KINGS AND ALMOST NO TRACE OF HIM WAS FOUND UNTIL THE DISCOVERY OF HIS REMAINS.
  • Period: 1341 BCE to 1323 BCE

    TUTANKHAMUN

    HE WAS THE MOST FAMOUS PHARAOH OF ALL TIME HE BECAME KING AT AGE OF NINE OR 10 HIS REIGN ONLY LASTED FROM 1332BC TO 1323 BC HE INTRODUCED MANY RELIGIOUS REFORMS BUT WAS NOT WELL RENOWNED FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AS A RULER. HIS FAME COMES MORE FROM DISCOVERY OF HIS NERELY INTACT TOMB HIS DEATH IS STILL A MATER OF CONTROVERSY. NO ONE IS CERTAIN HOW HE DIED HIS MUMMY WAS IMPORTANT FOR VALUABLE RESEARCH INTO THE PROCESS OF MUMMIFICATION.
  • Period: 1303 BCE to 1213 BCE

    RAMESSES

    THIRD PHARAOH OF NINETEENTH DYNASTY AND ONE OF THE GREATEST PHARAOHS OF THE NEW KINGDOM. HE WAS CALLED THE GREAT ANCESTOR . HE HAD A VICTORIOUS MILITARY CAREER THAT BENEFITS THE KINGDOM. HE CONQUERED ENEMIES LIKE THE HITTITES, SYRIANS, AND NUBIANS. HE DIED AT THE AGE OF 90 AND WAS BURIED IN VALLEY OF KINGS.
  • Period: 519 BCE to 465 BCE

    XERXES I

    HE IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS XERXES THE GREAT.HE WAS THE FIFTH KING OF THE PERSIAN ACHAEMENID DYNASTY. HE IS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS ATTEMPTED INVASION OF GREECE IN THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE. HE WAS DEFEATED AT THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS WHICH LED HIM TO FLEE HIS KINGDOM. HE IS KNOWN AS BOTH A PERSIAN RULER AND A PHARAOH. HE WAS ASSASSINATED BY HIS OWN COMMANDER OF THE ROYAL BODYGUARD FORCES. HE IS NOT PORTRAYED POSITIVELY IN HISTORY BOOKS AS MOST OF THE HISTORICAL TEXTS.
  • Period: 69 BCE to 30 BCE

    CLEOPATRA VII

    SHE WAS THE LAST PHARAOH OF THE PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM SHE WAS NOT A NATIVE EGYPTIAN SHE WAS AN EMINENT LEADER AND EGYPT PROSPERED UNDER HER RAIN. HER REFORMS IMPROVED THE EGYPTIAN ECONOMY. HER VALUABLE FOREIGN RELATIONS LED TO MUCH PROSPEROUS FOREGN TRADING SHE WAS SMART AND COMPETENT BUT WAS CHALLENGED BY HER OWN BROTHER FOR THE THROWN. SHE COMMITTED SUICIDE AT THE AGE OF 39. SHE WAS THE LAST RULING PHARAOH OF EGYPT AND HAD GREAT INFLUENCE. THE EGYPTIAN EMPIRE CAME TO AN END AFTER HER DEATH.