📚 VOCABULARY
To exchange goods instead of using money.
Barter
The female pharaoh who came to power around 1470 B.C.
Hatshepsut
The Egyptian pharaoh known as Ramses the Great.
Ramses II
The group that regularly invaded Egypt during the New Kingdom but did not conquer it.
Sea Peoples
The famous burial place of several Egyptian pharaohs, including Tutankhamen.
Valley of the Kings
A kingdom located south of Egypt that became an important regional power.
Kush
The pharaoh who became ruler after Hatshepsut disappeared.
Thutmose III
Early in his reign, Ramses expanded Egypt into this region south of Egypt.
Libya
The event that occurred after Egypt weakened and helped bring an end to the New Kingdom.
Conquest by foreign powers
The young pharaoh whose tomb was discovered nearly intact.
Tutankhamen
A region south of ancient Egypt where the Kingdom of Kush developed.
Nubia
One major way Hatshepsut strengthened Egypt's economy.
Expanded trade
The powerful group that fought Ramses and later made peace with Egypt.
Hittites
The region where Kush became a powerful kingdom.
Nile River Valley south of Egypt
The ancient Egyptian capital associated with the New Kingdom.
Thebes
A person or group from outside a country that takes control of it.
Foreign power
The land known for valuable resources that Hatshepsut traded with.
Punt
The agreement that helped bring peace between Egypt and the Hittites.
Peace treaty
The valuable natural resource that helped Kush become wealthy and powerful.
Gold
The last pharaoh of Egypt before Roman conquest.
Cleopatra VII
A relationship between countries that can include exchanging goods and resources.
Trade
Hatshepsut is especially remembered for being one of Egypt's most successful female rulers.
Female pharaoh
After Ramses' death, Egypt gradually lost this.
Power
The Kushite capital located along the Nile River.
Napata
The ethnic background of Cleopatra VII.
Macedonian