Famous Pharaohs

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Famous Pharaohs
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Pharaoh

• Pharaoh means great house
• All-powerful ruler
• His word is law obeyed without question
• Viewed as a god

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Menes

• Ruled from Memphis (on the border between the two
  kingdoms)
• Created a dynasty
• A line of rulers from one family

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Khufu

• Built the pyramids at Giza

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Ahmose

• He led a rebellion to drive the Hyksos out of
  Egypt
• His reign was the beginning of the New Kingdom

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Hatshepsut

• First female pharaoh
• Increased trade, prosperity, and
• wealth in Egypt
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Thutmose III

• Expanded Egypts borders to the Euphrates River
  in the north and to Nubia in the south
• Began the practice of enslaving conquered peoples

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Akhenaton

• Original name was
• Amenhotep
• Married to Nefertiti
• Believed in only one god, Aton
• Tried to make Egyptians
• get rid of all of their other
• gods

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Tutankhamen

• King Tut
• Became Pharaoh at age 10
• Died at age 22
• Tomb discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter
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Ramses II

• Ramses the Great
• Restored Egypt to empire of great power
• Large-scale building program
• Restored the Sphinx
• Temple of Karnak
• Abu Simbel
• Many wives 100 kids!

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Facebook that Pharaoh

• Youll Need
• To draw the name of a pharaoh
• A Facebook template
• Textbook, class notes, internet