The Infamous King Ramses II

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The Infamous King Ramses II

• Dominique Stubbs
• Shanella Dhanraj
• Kahlill Capleton
• Kristia Tolode

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Map of Egypt
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General Info. About Egypt

• Bordered by the Mediterranean Sea and the Red
  Sea
• Geographically isolated
• Deserts were natural barriers
• Flooding of the Nile is predictable
• Nile was an easy way of transportation

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Info About Egypt Cont.

• Begin the 365 day calendar
• There style of writing was hieroglyphics, written
  on papyrus
• Ancient Egyptians believed in the afterlife
• They created the Book of the Dead

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Info. on King Ramses II

• Known as Ramses the Great and the son of the
  sun g-d, Ra.
• Born around 1303 B.C. in Eastern Nile Delta
• Born to Seti I and Queen Tuy
• Given throne at age 20
• His first wife was Nefertari
• It is said that he had nearly100 children

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Info. Cont.

• One of Egypts greatest warriors
• The Hittite and Asia Minor were his main enemies
• He led a campaign known as Battle of Kadesh
• He marched with 20.000 soldiers to Syria to
  defend his empire against Hittite invaders
• He fought a major battle at Kadesh in Northern
  Syria, in 1274

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Info. On King Ramses II Cont.

• First pharaoh to ever sign a peace treaty with
  Egypts enemy
• It was the first Peace Treaty in history
• It was signed in 1278 B.C.
• The treaty brought peace between the Egyptians
  and the Hittites
• Along with the treaty, Ramses II married the
  daughter of the Hittite King.

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Info On King Ramses II Cont.

• Built more architectures and monuments than any
  other pharaohs
• He constructed more than six temples
• Helped build the Temple of Amon at Al Karnak and
  the Temple of Luxor.
• Completed his fathers temple near the Nile River

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Info. Continues

• Built Ramesseum, a temple for himself
• Helped in building towns/cities
• Abu Simbel became a temple dedicated to King
  Ramses II
• His temple was called The House of Ramses,
  Beloved of Amun
• Second longest ruler in Egypts history

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Info. continued again

• Helped increased slavery and the growth of the
  mercenary army
• Ruled for 67 years
• (1292 B.C.-1225 B.C)
• Ramses II lived to be 96 years old, the longest
  of any pharaoh
• Unfortunately, Ramses II died in 1298 B.C.E.

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Info. On ramses II cont.

• Ramses II was buried in the Valley of The Kings,
  in cave KV7
• His tomb is located in the Valley of the Kings,
  but remains empty
• His mummy was thought to be one of the best ever
  preserved

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Ramses the great gone

• Following Ramses II s death, his 13th son,
  Merenptah, became pharaoh
• Merenptah was more than 60-years when he took
  over the throne
• Today, the pharaoh of Ramses the Great is at the
  Cairos Egyptian Museum, since it was found in
  1885

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RAMSES II Link-TO-SITES

• Encarta Encyclopedia Standard Edition 2004
  (multimedia encyclopedia)
• http//www.touregypt.net/19dyn03.htm
• http//www.awakeninghealing.com/pharaoh_rameses_ii
  .htm
• http//library.thinkquest.org/J002657/pharaohrames
  es.html
• http//www.geocities.com/TheTropics/2815/ramses.ht
  ml
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II

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Mummy of ramses the great! Mahwah! ha-ha!
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The end