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THE EMPIRES OF EGYPT AND NUBIA COLLIDE

THE EMPIRES OF EGYPT AND NUBIA COLLIDE. Chapter 4, Section 1. OBJECTIVES:. To identify key events in the history of Egypt’s New Kingdom To explain why the Egyptian Empire declined To summarize the Kushite conquest of Egypt. THE NEW KINGDOM OF EGYPT (OBJECTIVE 1).

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THE EMPIRES OF EGYPT AND NUBIA COLLIDE

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  1. THE EMPIRES OF EGYPT AND NUBIA COLLIDE Chapter 4, Section 1

  2. OBJECTIVES: • To identify key events in the history of Egypt’s New Kingdom • To explain why the Egyptian Empire declined • To summarize the Kushite conquest of Egypt

  3. THE NEW KINGDOM OF EGYPT (OBJECTIVE 1) • The Egyptians overthrow the Hyskos government • The new pharaohs sought to strengthen Egypt by building an empire

  4. EGYPT’S EMPIRE BUILDERS IN THE NEW KINGDOM • Equipped with bronze weapons and two-wheeled chariots, the Egyptians became conquerors.

  5. NEW KINGDOM RULERS • Hatshepsut declares herself Pharaoh; encouraged trade. • Her son, Thutmose was more of a warlike ruler. (may have killed his mother)

  6. THUTMOSE III • Pushed farther into Nubia (a region in Africa that straddled the upper Nile river) • Soldiers brought back gold, cattle, ivory, and slaves • Egypt was now an empire

  7. THE EGYPTIANS AND THE HITTITES • Kept fighting with each other • Ramses II and a Hittite king made a treaty that promised “peace and brotherhood between us forever”

  8. RAMSES II • Pharaoh: means “great house” • Lived to the age of 99 and had 150 children • Egypt’s last great pharaoh

  9. THE EMPIRE DECLINES (OBJECTIVE 2) • After Ramses II death, Egypt was hit with waves of attacks • Never fully recovered • Numerous small kingdoms rose out of the ashes

  10. THE KUSHITES CONQUER THE NILE REGION(OBJECTIVE 3) • Nubia lay south of Egypt • Egypt had ruled Nubia earlier • Nubia adopted many of Egypt’s customs and traditions

  11. THE GOLDEN AGE OF MEROE • Capital of Kushite kingdom • Kushite kings lived like pharaohs • Kushite had a slow decline caused by the rival power, Aksum

  12. CLOSING ACTIVITY: • Pg. 85: Geography Skill Building Activity 1 &2 • Turn in to be graded! • Worth 20 points

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