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35 Cards in this Set
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Menes
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Legendary uniter of Egypt
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Menes
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Founder of Memphis
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Menes
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Killed by a hippo
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Djoser
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Step pyramid made in his honor
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Djoser
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Famous dream legend
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Djoser
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Temple in disarrary: fixed it and 7 years of famine ended
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Imhotep (Not a pharaoh)
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Built great step pyramid of Saqqara in honor of Djoser
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Imhotep (Not a pharaoh)
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Gifted poet, architect, priest, and physician
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Khufu
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Known as Cheops
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Khufu
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Builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza
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Pepi II
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Only 6 when named king
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Pepi II
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Ruled 94 years
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Pepi II
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Longest ruling monarch in history!
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Pepi II
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Ordered a dwarf brought back safely
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Ahmose
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1st ruler of 18th Dynasty
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Ahmose
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Drove Hykos out of Egypt
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Thutmose I
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Expanded Egyptian power south into nubia
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Thutmose I
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Defeated Nubian chief in hand-to-hand combat and hung body from the prow of his boat
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Hepshepsut
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Began rule as regent for Thutmose III
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Hepshepsut
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Declared herself pharaoh
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Thutmose III
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warrior pharaoh
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Thutmose III
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Great victory at Meggido vs Canaanites
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Thutmose III
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Held noble children hostage to insure noble loyalty
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Thutmose III
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Tried to erase all mention of Hepshepsut
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Akhenaton
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1st monotheistic
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Akhenaton
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Built capital city Amarna
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Akhenaton
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Changed religion to worship sun disc god named Aten
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Nefertiti
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Married Akhenaton and dissappeared mysteriously
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Tutankhamen
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King at age of 9 and died at age 19 (boy pharaoh)
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Tutankhamen
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Son of Akhenaton
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Ramesses II
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Ruled for 67 years and lived to be 90
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Ramesses II
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Fought Hittites at the Battle of Kadesh
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Ramesses II
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Required thing built faster resulting in less quality
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Ramesses II
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"Lady's man" 200 wives and children
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Ramesses II
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Buried in casket shaped like Osiris
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