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What happened with the borders of Egypt?
Why?
during Ahmose 1 rule

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He expanded and made buffer zones so that other people like the Hyksos would not invade Egypt

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Who was the most important god during Ahmose 1 rule? Why?

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Amun Ra because he was the deity of Thebes

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What is the difference between Queen Consort and Queen Regent?

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Queen consort: not same political power same social power as pharaoh Queen Regent: son to young so same everything as the pharaoh

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what was the capital of egypt

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thebes

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What dynasty did Ahmose 1 start?

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18th

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Who did Ahmose 1 defeat and why?

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pushed out the hyksos to regain control of egypt

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What did Hatshepsut claim about what her father said?

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that she was the heir to the throne

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What did Hatshepsut do with trade?

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Expanded it mostly with punt

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What did Hatshepsut build?

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Monuments, more building projects than any other pharaoh, most famous was the mortuary temple Deir el Bahri at the entrance to the valley of the kings.

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10
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What did Hatshepsut’s successors do?

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they tried to remove her from history also because she was female (not tradition

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When did Thutmose III come to power?

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when he was 2, officially when he was 22

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How was Thutmose III educated?

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as a scribe and priest

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What did Thutmose III do to Egypt’s borders?

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expanded them

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14
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How many military campaigns did Thutmose III lead?

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17

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15
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How did Amenhotep III develop relationships with their neighbors?

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He used his resources to make trades, and diplomatic skills ( made sure that everybody got what they wanted)

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16
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What are the Amarna Letters?
What do they look like?

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They are stone tablets written in cuneiform and are letters written to and from other countries

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17
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How much money did Amenhotep III have?

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Alot at his time he was the wealthiest man in the world

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18
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How did the power of the priest change?

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Amun-Ra priests
Kept the $ that was supposed to be for the gods Job was hereditary
Had more money and land than pharaoh

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What did Amenhotep III use to try to curb the power of the priests?

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-Royal bulletins used propaganda
-New god aten

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What is going on with religion? (use a word that ends with theistic)during the time of Akhenaten

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He tries to change egypt into a Monotheistic nation

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21
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Who is Aten?

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A new god he was the sun god

22
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What’s going on with Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten’s name?

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He changed it to mean the example of Aten “beneficial to Aten”

23
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What happens with the temples? when Akhenaten rules

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He closes other temples that are not for Aten

24
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How does Akhenaten treat people who want to worship other gods?

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He suppressed and persecuted them

25
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What happened to art? during Akhenaten’s rule

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His art celebrated the vibrancy of the natural art

26
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Who is Nefertiti and what do we know about her?

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She is Akhenaten’s wife
She is an icon of feminine beauty

27
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What happened to the capital? during Akhenaten’s rule
Why?

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It was moved to Amarna or Ahaten
Because the priests were to powerful and making a new capital will stop the priests growing power
Designed for Aten

28
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What happened when Akhenaten died?

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The capital was moved back to Thebes
Temples were reopened and Amun Ra was supreme god

29
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What happens with Tutankhamun’s name?
Why?

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He was born Tutankhaten for the living image of Aten then changed to Tutankhamun for living image of Amun

30
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When did Tut become pharaoh?

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At nine but advisors influenced his decisions

31
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Who was making Tut’s important decisions?

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His advisors

32
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What do we know about Tut’s death?

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We don’t nobody knows how he died but we do know that he had many injuries

33
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What did Ramesses II The Great’s successors think? Vs What do modern scholars think?

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S:He was the greatest pharaoh
MS:Greatest propagandist

34
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What do you know about the monuments Ramesses II the great built?

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Builders were volunteers or paid workers
They’re big
And he claimed a lot of building projects that weren’t his

35
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What happened with the battle of Kadesh?
Who won?

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Against the Hittites
It was a tie Ramesses II the great claimed victory

36
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What do we know about Ramesses II’s tomb?

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It was very big
Started building at the beginning of his reign

37
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Why was the Bronze Age called the Bronze Age?

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Every one needed bronze for tools and weapons because it was the strongest metal

38
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Who invaded during the bronze age? Where did they invade?

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the sea people
invaded coastal towns and places near the water

39
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What happened to Egypt during the bronze age when the sea people invaded? (be specific)

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The sea people attacked egypt egypt won but came out weak
This started the downfall of egypt
Lost nubia no nubia no gold no gold no trade

40
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What happened after the collapse of the Bronze Age?

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Iron was discovered and forged
Other civilizations thrived off it such as Rome

41
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Who would rule over Egypt eventually?

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assyria persia greece rome

42
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Obelisks what do they look like

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tall four sided monuments

43
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Obelisks Greek word

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tekhenus

44
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what do Obelisks represent

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rays of ra

45
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what were obelisks made out of

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stone

46
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Valley of the Kings

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a place where pharaohs are buried under ground

47
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what do we know about the Battle of Megiddo

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Thutmose 111 most famous victory First battle recorded in reliable detail

48
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what is Karnak

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a religious complex

49
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why is karnak so big

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because it was Started in middle kingdom added on in new kingdom

50
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bam

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bam

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