HIST 010H Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hatshepsut, Thutmose Iii, Tutankhamun
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King menes (narmer: about 3100 bce united upper and lower egypt into a single kingdom. United lower and upper egypt geographically; the king united them politically: upper egypt had white crown and lower egypt had red crown; unified: combined. Hatshepsut: 15th century bce (new kingdom) first woman to rule egypt, possibly the first woman to rule an ancient civilization referred to as pharaoh"s majesty. King thutmosis iii: conquered canaan and syria to establish the egyptian empire in 15th century bce, extended into libya, northeast up to kanine, down to kush and punt first time egypt ruled an empire. Amenhotep iv(akhenaten: attempted to introduce monotheism into egypt with worship of aten, god of the sun disk, he was so preoccupied with religion that he neglected foreign affairs and lost syria and. Canaan: succeeded by king tutankhamen and his (sister) wife. Statues of ramses ii: regained territory amenhotep had lost, represented egypt; wanted egypt to be great.
