Transcript The Middle and New Kingdoms

The Middle and New
Kingdoms
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Caeley, Demarco, Justin, A.J.
The Middle Kingdom
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2050 B.C a pharaoh named Mentuhotep
defeated his rivals and began ruling.
This started the Middle Kingdom.
A period of time when peace lasted until 1750 B.C.
The ending of the Middle Kingdom was caused by
a group known as the Hyksos. This group was
from Southwest Asia.
Hyksos also used weapons such as horses,
chariots, and these were advanced weapons to
the Egyptians
The New Kingdom
• After the fall of the Middle Kingdom Ahmose rose
to mark the beginning of Egypt's 18th dynasty.
• Also referred to as the New Kingdom.
• After battling the Hyksos, Egyptian rulers feared
future invasions.
• They decided to take control of all invasion
routes.
• Egypts first target was the home of the Hyksos.
New Kingdom cont.
• After taking over the homeland of the
Hyksos, they continued north and took
over Syria.
• Egypt took over the entire coast of the
Mediterranean.
• It had also taken over the kingdom of
Kush.
• Egypt was the leading military power of
the region.
New kingdom cont.
• The Kingdoms Egypt took over regularly
sent treasures to their Egyptian Conquers.
• Conquest also brought Egyptian traders
into contact with distant lands
• Profitable trade routes developed
• Many of the lands that Egypt took over
had valuable resources
New Kingdom cont.
• One ruler who worked to increase trade
was Queen Hatshepsut.
• Hatshepsut is well known for the
monuments and temples built in her time.
• The best known of those was the temple
built for her near Thebes
• Despite it’s great success Egypt’s military
did not go unchallenged.
New Kingdom cont.
• Ramses The Great came to power in the 1200’s
• After Ramses the Great defeated Tehenu he
built a series of forts to strengthen the western
frontier.
• After Ramses died the Sea Peoples invaded
Southwest Asia.
• The Egyptians fought for fifty years and were
finally able to defeat the Sea Peoples.
Work and Daily Life: Scribes
• Other than priests and government no
one was more honored than Scribes.
• They worked for the government and
temples.
• Scribes kept records and accounts.
• Scribes did not pay taxes.
Work and Daily Life: Artisans,
Artists, and Architects
• Below scribes on the social scale
• Architects and artists were admired in
Egypt
• Artists painted and designed the pharaohs
tomb
Work and Daily Life: Soldiers
• The military gave a raise in status
• Those who excelled could be promoted to
officers
Farmers and other peasants | Slaves
• Farmers and peasants were toward the
bottom of the social scale
• Slaves were the bottom of the social scale
Resource
World History book