Old Kingdom Builders
This Pharaoh's architect/engineer, Imhotep, designed the first structure to use pillars/columns.
Djoser
This powerful queen, the second female Pharaoh we know of.
Hatshepsut
This founder of the Neo-Babylonian Empire was a Chaldean who led a revolt in Babylon
Nabopolassar
Sennacherib was the grandson of this Assyrian king.
Tiglath-pileser III
This king of Thebes in Upper Egypt unified the country, ending the First Intermediate Period and beginning the 11th dynasty.
Mentuhotep II
This Pharaoh's name means "smasher of foreheads" and he is known for building the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Khufu (Cheops)
Akhenaten was formerly known by this name
Amenhotep IV
This Chaldean king defeated Pharaoh Necho II and conquered Jerusalem.
Nebuchadnezzar II
This city was destroyed by Sennacherib in when he flooded it and razed its temples.
Babylon
After Mentuhotep II, Amenemhet I moved the capital from Thebes to this new location, though he reestablished the capital in the lower country.
Itj-tawy
This son of Khufu built the second pyramid at Giza and commissioned the carved Great Sphinx.
Khafre
The son of Akhenaten, changed his name from Tutankhaten to this, suggesting his effort to restore the Egyptian worship of Amun-Re.
Tutankhamun
Nebuchadnezzar II is credited with building the famed Ishtar Gate and this structure which was one of the seven wonders of the world.
Hanging Gardens
Sennacherib captured and plundered this major Philistine city, deporting its king.
Ekron
Mentuhotep II was the first Pharaoh to construct tombs in the cliffs of this specific region
Western Thebes
This famous pyramid was built at Dashur, used for Snefru's burial, and derived its name from its unusual 54-degree steep slope that changed to 44 degrees midway up.
Bent Pyramid
This Pharaoh, known as Ramses the Great, allegedly pursued the Hebrews during the Exodus
Rameses II
Nabonidus alienated this powerful religious group by promoting the worship of the moon-god Sin.
Marduk Priesthood
Sennacherib besieged this Judaean city, whose king, Hezekiah, had revolted against the Assyrians.
Jerusalem
The migration of these Semitic people into Lower Egypt in the 17th century BC resulted in the decline of the Middle Kingdom.
Hyksos
This Pharoah name means "the perfect god"
Snefru
Akhenaten attempted to institute a change in religion from polytheistic Amun-Re worship to a monotheistic worship of this sun disk god
Aten
Nabonidus was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire before surrendering to this great Persian conqueror.
Cyrus the Great
Sennacherib defeated this rebellious Chaldean leader who died of old age near the Persian Gulf (Sealand). This rebel did control Babylon for a short period of time.
Merodach-baladan
This daughter of Amenemhet III became the first known female Pharaoh of the 12th Dynasty.
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