Transcript Egypt vs. Nubia

Egypt vs. Nubia
Background Egypt
► Middle
Kingdom defeated
 By who?
 With what technology?
► Hyksos
(1640-1570 B.C.)
► Egyptians get upset
 Queen Ahhotep
 Pharaoh Kamose (chased across Sinai)
New Kingdom (1570-1075 B.C.)
► Wealthier
before
► Weapons:
and more powerful than ever
 Bronze
 Chariots
► Eighteenth
Dynasty Army
 Archers
 Charioteers
 Infantry
War vs. Trade
► Pharaohs
became
engulfed w/ war
► Added a third crown
► Thutmose III
 Attacks Palestine &
Syria
 Pushes south to Nubia
► Hatshepsut
► Gained
throne by
default
► Encouraged trade
Ramses II
► Fights
the Hittites in Palestine (Battle of
Kadesh 1285 B.C.)
► Karnak added temple to Amon, chief god
► Ruled from 1290-1224 B.C.
► Lived to 99 years old w/ 150 kids
► Pharaoh = “Great House”
“People of the Sea”
► Attack
the Hittites and Egyptians
► Believed to be the Philistines
► Rebellion in East, attack from West
(Libyans)
► Weak = small kingdoms
► Libyans take over but adopt Egyptian
customs
► Nubia comes after Libyans
Kush (2000-1000 B.C.)
► Had
been area of slaves for the Egyptians
► Kerma 1st Nubian Empire
► Trade route off Nile River
 Ideas
 Goods
► Kush
was controlled by Egypt
► Egypt's decline = Rise in Kush Empire
► Guardians of Egyptian values
Piankhi
► 751
B.C. led army down Nile and defeated
Libyan dynasty
► United all of Nile Valley
► Established 25 dynasty
► Defeated in 671 B.C. by the Assyrians
Meroë
► Assyrians
► Iron
enter Egypt, Royal family flees
ore
► Close to Red Sea (Significance?)
► Rainfall
► Prosperous 250 B.C. – A.D. 150
► Falls to Aksum in A.D. 350