2055 BC to 1650 BC
What is the Middle Kingdom?
Location of most New Kingdom tombs
Where is the Valley of the Kings?
Beautiful Queen (wife) of Amenhotep IV?
Who is Nefertiti?
Akhenaton's son
Who is Tutankhamen?
Kingdom to the south of Egypt
What is Kuhs?
After Memphis, the new capial
What is Thebes?
Source of wealth of New Kingdom, perhaps source of all wealth after land.
What is trade?
Remember, business is good, do not regulate it
Amenhotep's new God
Who is Aton the Sun God?
He discovered Tut's tomb in 1922
Who is Howard Carter?
540 BC became Kush capital
Where is Meroe?
Western Asians riding in chariots and using bronze and iron weapons defeated the Middle Kingdon
Who are the Hyksos?
Main Egyptian trading partner when they are not designing alphabets
Who are the Phoenicians?
Amenhotep's new name
What is Akhenaton?
Monument Ramses restored
What is the Sphinx?
Around 350 AD they destroyed Meroe
Who are the Axum?
Founded or the New Kingdom
Who is Ahmose?
Hatshepsut's nephew who expanded Egypt by conquering 350 cities and greatly increasing the number of slaves
Who is Thutmose III?
Akhenaton's new capital
Where is Akhetaton?
Temple Ramses finished
What is the Temple of Karnak?
First capital of Kush
Where is Napata?
Famous Woman Pharaoh
Who is Hatshepsut?
Egyptian Golden Age
What is the Middle Kingdom?
Amenhotep IV wanted to reduce their power
Who were the priests?
This warrior pharaoh ruled 66 years and conquered many lands including Canaan
Who is Ramses II (The GReat)?
Nubian Kingdom
What is Kerma?