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THE EMPIRES OF
EGYPT AND NUBIA
COLLIDE
Chapter 4, Section 1
OBJECTIVES:
1. To identify key events in the history
of Egypt’s New Kingdom
2. To explain why the Egyptian
Empire declined
3. To summarize the Kushite conquest
of Egypt
THE NEW KINGDOM OF
EGYPT (OBJECTIVE 1)
The Egyptians overthrow the
Hyskos government
The new pharaohs sought to
strengthen Egypt by building
an empire
EGYPT’S EMPIRE BUILDERS
IN THE NEW KINGDOM
Equipped with bronze
weapons and two-wheeled
chariots, the Egyptians
became conquerors.
NEW KINGDOM RULERS
Hatshepsut declares herself
Pharaoh; encouraged trade.
Her son, Thutmose was more
of a warlike ruler. (may have
killed his mother)
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
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”
RAMSES II
Pharaoh: means “great
house”
Lived to the age of 99 and
had 150 children
Egypt’s last great pharaoh
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
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
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
CLOSING ACTIVITY:
Pg. 85: Geography Skill
Building Activity 1 &2
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