(028) Egypt's New Kingdom

Question 1

time period

Answer 1

1570-1075 BC

Question 2

important figures:

Answer 2

• Hatshepsut
• Thutmose III
• Ramses II

Question 3

Hatshepsut

Answer 3

One of the rulers of the New Kingdom in 1472 BCE
- First egyptian pharaoh
- Women were not supposed to be pharaohs
- “Spent her reign encouraging trade rather than…war”
- ruled in place of her brother, who was too young to rule

Question 4

Thutmose III

Answer 4

• Known as the empire builder
• Ruled through war
• Lead victorious invasions eastward into Canaan and Syria
• died in 1425 BC
• conquered Canaan and Nubia

Question 5

Ramses II

Answer 5

• Made a peace treaty with the Hittites, which created an alliance to last for the rest of the century
• Ruled from 1290 to 1224 BC
• “added to a monumental temple to Amon-Re”
• “ordered a temple to be carved into the red sandstone cliffs above the Nile River at Abu Simbel”
• He decorated them with large statues of himself
• egypt suffered frm invasions after his death

Question 6

Accomplishments

Answer 6

• The pharaohs of the New Kingdom turned Egypt into an empire
• Due to the hyksos invasion, egypt now has bronze-weapons and two wheel chariots, so they used them to become conquerors when they finally overthrew the hyksos
• New Kingdom=period of glory
• Rulers of the New Kingdom created grand buildings
• Valley of Kings near Thebes

Question 7

Nubia

Answer 7

• Thutmose III armies pushed into here
• “A region of AFrica that straddled the upper nile river”
• influenced Egypt through Trade

Question 8

What did the pharaohs of the new kingdom do to Egypt?

Answer 8

turned Egypt into an empire to strengthen it after the overthrowing of Hyksos

Question 9

Hyksos

Answer 9

nomads who used chariots to invade an Egypt that had been severely weakened and divided by war, ineffective pharaohs, and numerous power struggles. They ruled from 1640 to 1570 BC