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Mr. Roe
6th Grade
Social Studies
 You
learned that Egyptians were ruled by all
powerful pharaohs, and that they believed in
the afterlife.
 You also learned that these pharaohs built
huge monuments and tombs (pyramids)
 We also talked about their religious beliefs
(polytheism) and the contributions they
made to our understanding of the human
body
The Middle Kingdom was a golden age of
peace, prosperity, and advances in the arts
and architecture
In the New Kingdom, Egypt reached the height
of its power
Akhenaton tried to change Egypt's religion,
while Tutankhamen is famous for his tomb
Under Ramses II, Egypt built great temples,
but the empire fell by 1150 B.C.
Reading Notes
 Cornell Notes
 Graphic Organizer: Old, Middle, New Kingdoms
 Graphic Organizer: Major accomplishments of
Ramses II
 Amenhotep Flow Chart
 Expository Essay: Egyptian Ruler
 Other Assigned Work (you will be told if there is
any)
*These assignments will be collected and graded
on Friday and put into your social studies
portfolios
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 Discuss
the Golden Age of Egypt’s Middle
Kingdom
 Identify the extend of Egypt during the New
Kingdom
 Discuss the reign of Queen Hatshepsut
 Explain the advances made in Egypt during
the reign of Ramses II
 Tribute
 Restore
 Maintain
 Construct
 Have
you ever heard the phrase “golden
years”? What does that phrase mean? Who
have you ever heard talk about their golden
years? How can this phrase also apply to
countries or empires?
C
2,300 B.C., pharaohs lost control of Egypt
 200 years of confusion and rule by nobles
 New dynasty of pharaohs emerged, moved
capital to Thebes
-Restored order/stability=Middle Kingdom
 Art blossomed
 Instead of pyramids, Pharaohs cut tombs into
cliffs=Valley of the Kings
 Gained
control of new lands
 Conquered people sent tribute to Egypt
 Pharaohs built infrastructure (what is
infrastructure?)
 Built a canal from the Nile to the Red Sea
 Egypt
faced an outside threat from the
Hyksos
 Hyksos attacked Egypt from Western Asia
 Hyksos had weapons made of bronze and iron
-Egyptian weapons were stones and copper
 Hyksos would rule Egypt for 120 years
 Hyksos were eventually driven out by an
Egyptian prince named Ahmose
A
Woman named Queen Hatshepsut came
into power in 1473 B.C.
 Eventually, made herself pharaoh
 Interested in trade, and getting wood
 Trade made the kingdom wealthier
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Nephew of Hatshepsut
Expanded Egypt into Mesopotamia
Egypt grew richer from trade and tribute
Slavery became common in the empire
 Egyptians
valued incense, and traded for it.
Why do you think incense was so popular for
the Egyptians?
 Visit
ca.hss.glencoe.com
Click on Ancient Civilizations
Click on Unit 2, Chapter 2 from the pull down
menu
Follow the instructions, then answer the five
questions on the page
Type in my email to email me your responses
[email protected]
 Amenhotep
tried to install monotheism, with
one gad, named Aton
 Killed or put in prison priests
 Changed name to Akhenaton “Spirit of Aton”
 Focused on new religion, and less on ruling
 Hittites from the north conquered most of
Egypt’s land in Asia=empire greatly shrunk
Complete this cause and effect flow chart.
See how many events/ideas you can
connect to each other.
Amenhotep
assumes power
Changes
Egyptian religion
from polytheistic
to monotheistic
 Tutankhamen
 10
ruled after Akhenaton
years old
 Restored polytheism
 Died 9 years later
 Tomb was filled with many treasures, and
was not discovered until 1922!
 Egypt
would rise to greatness one last time
 Ramses II regained a lot of the land lost un
akhenaton and built many more temples
 Egypt was able to trade for iron weapons,
but not build them themselves=armies with
iron weapons had superiority
 Eventually, Egypt would experience control
from a variety of different societies
 Which
Egyptian ruler do you think had the
greatest impact on Egyptian history?
We will revisit our persuasive and expository
writing. You will write your response, and
then we will evaluate and revise our work
based upon our important documents in our
ELA binder.