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27 Cards in this Set
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Seti I
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-2nd ruler of dynasty 19
-best preserved mummy -Son of Ramesses 1 -lots of military action |
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Ramesses II
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Ramesses the great. 3rd ruler of dynasty 19.
-Reigned for 67 years. No other pharroah built temples, statues..etc. as much as he did. -He had more than 50 sons and 50 daughters -His mummy showed he was dying his hair red. -He won one battle (Battle of Kadesh) and nothing else. Didn't do much |
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Battle of Kadesh
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20 thousand guys marching North. Hitittes had 37 thousand guys.
-the Hitittes surprise attack army of Ra. Then go attack Ramesses's camp. -Ramesses was losing but the Hitittes got tired of fighting so they decided o make a peace treaty |
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Merneptah
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One of Ramesses sons, 13th son
-Was 50 when Ramesses died so he only reigned for about 10 years -Fights in a war with Libia and wins |
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Merneptah Stela
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records his wars and says there are isralians and he fought them
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Sea Peoples
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Teamed up with Libians to try and take over Egypt
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Ramesses III
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was not related to Ramesses II or the great.
-made a tree planting program -there was a lot of corruptions in government by the end of dynasty 19 so he had to inspect it -temple of Medinet Habu- most famous of his temples -sent expeditions to copper mines -in his 8th year, he had to fight the Sea Peoples, but his fight was bigger then the other times the kings had to fight |
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Harem Conspiracy Papyrus
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one of Ramesses III wives was part of it
-the queen wanted her son to be king -Many were Harem officials; a lot of people that were close to him -Plot happened in year 1157 (the year he died) but we dont know how he died -it looks like he was alive during the trial but died before it was over |
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Khepesh
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A sword that was created.
-looks like a long hook |
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Perw-nefer
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main dock port for the Navy on Nile
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Medjay
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-made of kushite nomads.
-More elite police force -responsible for protecting the capital and tomb guardians |
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Amkhu
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entitles owner to be burried by owners expense.
-best award you can get |
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Ramesses XT
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he was so weak that Herihor and Smendes had more power than him
-instead of going to war with them he wanted to compromise with them, so all three of them ruled egypt |
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Wenamon
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was a priest in Thebes; worked for Herihor
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Herihor
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High priest
-owned 90% of ships and 80% of factories in Egypt -was a general |
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Smendes
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ruler of Mendes
-becomes pharraoh in dynasty 21 -2 governments in dynasty 21 whihc made it very peaceful -there is no tomb or mummy found -but is mentioned in Wenamon's autobiography |
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Apis Bull
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-a flash of lightning hits a cow which causes her to give birth to Apis
-there could only be one apis bull at a time like a pharroah -had to have markings on it to be apis bull -there was a festival for the apis bull every week -when it died they had a huge ceremony and tomb just like a pharroah |
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Sheshona I
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-a meshwesh who ruled Egypt
-recognized because of exercise of incorporating his family into royalty; made son high priest of Thebes and other sons were high in the military |
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Osorkon II
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-says he was a great king but also states there were people who rebelled against him
-had a surgery with a drill in his skull and survived but died very young -Built Bubastis -He had Heseb festival at year 22 and exempted a temple from taxes |
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Bubastis
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-temple Osorkon II built
-in eastern nile delta -when traveled there men and women sail together while singing and play music and mock people |
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Tefnakhte
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first ruler first founder of dynasty 24
-very successful, took over a lot of land. -ran into dynasty 25 and suffered from defeat but came back |
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Piye
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-north bound campaign
-one of the first rulers of dynasty 25 -fought Tefnakhte a lot and won but did not defeat -founder of kushite dynasty -in steela he wrote about how he took care of horses and punished those who did not -invented The Divine Adoratrice |
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The Divine Adoratrice
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-Gods wife of Amon is very imporant and so is the priests wife.
-Those two positions were combined by Piye and that made it even more powerful -he gave it to his daughter -highest woman position in egypt |
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Shabaka
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Recognized for unification of Egypt
-got rid of 22-24 and made them all 25 |
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Taharqa
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-mentioned in the bible
-the last ruler before Assyrians take over -fought them most of his reign |
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Esarhaddon
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671 when he took over Egypt
-Assyrian king that always fought Taharqa -died in 669 and Taharqa tries to take egypt back and he does but a new assyrian king takes it back |
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Tanutamon
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-tries to get Egypt back but fails and goes back to Kush
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