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Snefru |
He was the 1st king of the 4th dynasty. He ruled around 24 years. He was not declared kingship though birthright but through marriage. He was a superior military manager and advanced Egypt’s economy. Establishing trading routes along the Mediterranean. He planned in moving ahead his empire to great lengths. His most famous contribution was the Bent Pyramid of Dahshur. |
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Cleopatra: |
She was a powerful female ruler in Egypt .She ruled Egypt as the dominant co-ruler for nearly 30 years and made powerful alliances with Rome through Julius Caesar and Marc Antony. |
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King Menes |
He’s one of the famous legends who ruled Upper Egypt. He was the founder of a unified Egypt and the first king of the 1st Dynasty. |
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Khufu |
He was the second pharaoh on the 4th dynasty. He is accepted as having the Great Pyramid of Giza and one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. |
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Tutankhamun |
Though he was of little importance as a ruler he became the most famous of the Pharaohs thirty-two centuries after his death,when his mummified body and treasure stuffed tomb were discovered by archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922. |
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Hatshepsut |
Queen Hatshepsut reigned over Egypt for more than 20 years. She served as queen alongside her husband,Thutmose II but after his death, he claimed the role of pharaoh while acting as regent to her stepson, Thutmose III |
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Akhenaten |
He is one of the most famous pharaoh in ancient Egypt.Despite the attempts of later rulers to omit him from the lists of kings. He began his reign under the name Amenhotep IV |
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Ramses II |
He’s referred to as Ramesses the Great. He was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire. |
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Thutmose III |
He was the warrior king of Egypt’s 18th and largest dynasty.During his reign, he established Egyptian rule of Syria and Palestine.J |
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Amenhotep III |
He the great grandson of Thutmose III. He reigned for almost forty years at a time when Egypt was at the peak of her glory. He built huge temples and statues. |
