Ancient Egypt: The New Kingdom

1550 – 1070 BCE

Political Leaders

• Diplomatic contacts (Egypt & Asia)

• New Kingdom marked beginning of international diplomatic network

• Egyptian Kings had direct contact to Asian rulers in the 18th Dynasty

• Political tablets found in Amarna (Gave history about the 14th century and illustrated past rulers contacts with the Near East)

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• Ramesses II & Hatshepsut

• Ramesses II - Military tactics, Empire, Cities, Propaganda, Temples, etc.

• Hatshepsut – 12 years old became Queen, Famous Pharaoh, etc.

Men with pointy sticks…

• To be a soldier before the New Kingdom brought no power or glory

• New Kingdom emerged and Egypt had a well trained, powerful army.

• Soldiers armour and pay differed depending on rank

• Approx. 50 different ranks

• If there was no throne at the time of a war, commanders would step to the throne and rule as the Pharaoh.

Castles, and palaces, and dungeons Oh my!

• Explosion of wealth, creativity, and power

• After the successful defeat of the Middle East, Pharaohs expanded Egypt and began building temples, sanctuaries, etc.

• This assisted with power and influence on an international basis

• Empire grew once again (map)

Egyptian Empire

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• Multiple relations, some good some bad

• East, North, West, and South

• Asia, Jerusalem, Greece, Turkey, Libya, and Nubians

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• Big trade partner(s) were the Near East (Asia)

• Traded raw materials; copper, ivory, timber, spices, etc.

• Traded animals; cattle, horses, oxen, etc.

• Transportation by ship was the fastest and most reliable way

• Internal trade (within Egypt) thrived off of shop keepers and travelling merchants

Crushing Sand Castles

• During The New Kingdom war was a regular part of life

• Soldiers were treated with respect throughout the land

• When war arose soldiers would only take what they could hold. Travel could take days in order attack the enemy

• Food was scarce during war times and soldiers would take whatever was presented to them

• Battle would begin by charge

Crushing Even More

• Soldiers were given a gold reward for every penis or hand cut off of a killed enemy

• Only the highest rankings were passed down from generations (father to son)

• Foot soldiers in platoons of 10 and companies of 200, all looked over by the company commander ( Captain)

• Adapted and adopted weapons from killed enemies

• War became international (Hittities, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Akkadians)

9 am-5 pm

• Women’s roles

• Men’s roles

• Differences within society

Eat your veggies

• Nile floods and agriculture thrives

• Fertile soil allowed farmers to grow an abundance and variety of crops

• Wine making was big, vineyards grew along the Nile

• Many animals would graze near the Nile, making it a prime location to hunt (birds, cattle, oxen, sheep, pigs, etc.)

• Egyptians continued to build controlled irrigational systems to control water flow

Change vs. Stability

• Temples were one of the biggest architectural innovations and changes during the New Kingdom. They were constantly being rebuilt, redecorated and expanded.

• Egyptians built many temples out of limestone or sandstone

• Cult temples were dedicated to the worship of the gods of Egypt such as Amun, Ptah, Horus, Osiris, etc.

• Temple layouts for the gods were determined on what it was used for, the ceremonies that would happen and even rituals.

Deir el Bahri

• The most important building of this period

• Senenmut was the architect behind the manufacturing of the temple

• The temple was built for Hatshepsut – a famous Egyptian Pharaoh

• Hatshepsut ruled Egypt for 21 years (about 1473-1458 BC)

• Located on the West side of the Nile River, it guards the entrance to the great Valley of the Kings

Tombs

• Tombs were carved into the cliffs of the Valley of the Kings

• Most tombs included a statue resembling the God or a figure that represented who they were, animals were commonly used

• Writing or in scriptures were put on the tombs of the kings/ pharaohs often resembling their beliefs or morals in life

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