Transcript Chapter 4 Section 1 Notes

Chapter 4 Section 1
Notes
I. The New
Kingdom of Egypt
(1570-1365 B.C.)
A. Before this
period of time could
start the Pharaohs
had to defeat the
Hyksos invaders
from Turkey
B. Pharaohs of the
Eighteenth Dynasty
created a large army
C. Hatshepsut the
first great women
pharaoh of Egypt
1472 B.C.
D. Pharaoh Thutmose
III. was a warlord that
extended the empire
north into Palestine,
Syria, and south into
Nubia
Thutmose III.
King of Menkheper Ra Son of Ra
Upper &
Lower
Egypt
Thetmess
E. Pharaoh Rames II
extended the empire
northward until they met
the Hittites at the Battle of
Kadesh around 1285 B.C.
where each signed the first
peace treaty in history
Rames II tomb
1. Rames II
extended the
kingdom further to
the south at Karnak
Karnak
F. The Valley of the
Kings near Thebes
was used as tombs
for pharaohs
Valley of the Kings
II. The Kushites
Conquer the Nile
Region
A. Kush kingdom
in the south takes
over Egypt around
1000 B.C.
B. Kushite king
Piankhi becomes
important around
751 B.C.
III. The Golden Age
of Meroe
A. Meroe was a
kingdom farther to
the south that
became a major city
manufacturing iron
weapons