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Khufu is the most famous Pharaoh of the OK. Pharaohs were considered to be Gods and ruler of all the land.
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Nobles (most are priests)are from rich and powerful families . Also, they were right below the Pharaoh in society. Farmers, slaves, and servants made up 80% of the society. Traders would acquire (obtain) gold, copper, ivory, and stone for pyramids.
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The Afterlife( life after death) was important to the Egyptians and it was thought to be a happy place. They left the heart in the body, the ka or life force left after their body and becomes their soul. Method of mummification restores the body. Only elite or wealthy get mummified. Poor were put in shallow graves.
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Pyramids were to bury and show significance of ruler, the bigger the better. Four triangle shaped sizes with a point on top. The Great Pyramid of Khufu, the largest. Egyptians used engineering to build pyramids with scientific knowledge for practical purposes.
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Pyramids size and shape were symbolic to the Pharaoh's and his journey to the afterlife. Even after Pharaoh's death people believed that the Pharaoh's happiness was connected for their good fortune life.
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A group from South-West Asia called the Hyksos , that then ruled the region as Pharaoh's for 200 years .
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Hyksos used horses, chariots, and weapons to conquer Lower Egypt
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Conquest and trade brought wealth to the Pharaohs.Period during which Egypt reached the height of its power and glory.
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After Hatsheput died, her stepson took back power and vandalized all monuments she had built.
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Ahmose of Thebes drove out Hyksos, ruled all Egypt
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The Sinani Peninsula, had valuable supplies of turquoise copper. Trade routes or paths followed by traders, developed from Egypt to these lands.
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Egypt was the leading military power in the region. It's empire extended from the Euphrates River to southern Nubia.
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Ramses the Great, fought the Hittites, who came from Asia Minor. These two powers fought for years but neither could defeat the other. Egypt survived but the empire in Asia was gone, All the invasions, the New Kingdom came to an end. Egypt fell into a period of violence.
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A powerful Pharoah united Egypt
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Middle kingdom (a period of order and stability that lasted to about 1750 BC). Egypt began to fall into disorder once again.