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Title: Famous Pharaohs


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Famous Pharaohs
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Pharaoh
  • Pharaoh means great house
  • All-powerful ruler
  • His word is law obeyed without question
  • Viewed as a god

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Menes
  • Ruled from Memphis (on the border between the two
    kingdoms)
  • Created a dynasty
  • A line of rulers from one family

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Khufu
  • Built the pyramids at Giza

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Ahmose
  • He led a rebellion to drive the Hyksos out of
    Egypt
  • His reign was the beginning of the New Kingdom

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Hatshepsut
  • First female pharaoh
  • Increased trade, prosperity, and
  • wealth in Egypt
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Thutmose III
  • Expanded Egypts borders to the Euphrates River
    in the north and to Nubia in the south
  • Began the practice of enslaving conquered peoples

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Akhenaton
  • Original name was
  • Amenhotep
  • Married to Nefertiti
  • Believed in only one god, Aton
  • Tried to make Egyptians
  • get rid of all of their other
  • gods

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Tutankhamen
  • King Tut
  • Became Pharaoh at age 10
  • Died at age 22
  • Tomb discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter
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Ramses II
  • Ramses the Great
  • Restored Egypt to empire of great power
  • Large-scale building program
  • Restored the Sphinx
  • Temple of Karnak
  • Abu Simbel
  • Many wives 100 kids!

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Facebook that Pharaoh
  • Youll Need
  • To draw the name of a pharaoh
  • A Facebook template
  • Textbook, class notes, internet
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