The Reign Of Rameses

There are many pharaohs (king) of Egypt but I will only talk about the first, Narmer. Narmer started the first dynasty out of the 30 dynasties of ancient Egypt that ruled, but he was the most interesting of them. The stories and facts about Narmer I am going to tell is his life, what he was famous for, and interesting about Narmer.

and grandson of Rameses I. He ruled for nearly seventy years in the middle of a Period known, as the New Kingdom when Egypt was at it’s most powerful. During His reign 1279-1213, Egypt enjoyed an era of prosperity and stability, not only internally, but externally as well. He is responsible for the building of more Monuments and famous structures than any other pharaoh, having many Structures and statues renamed as if he commissioned them himself. By the end of his unusually long sixty-six-year long reign, he was famous throughout the then known ancient world.

The greatest king of the Ramessides monarchs was named Ramesses II. He is known for his many architectural accomplishments, as well has holding the second longest reign of kings

In ancient civilizations, the rulers were the backbone that tried to hold everything together. The rulers had to make laws, lead the citizens, and maintain order. There are many other things they had to do, but those are just three of the main ones. In most civilizations these rulers were called kings, but in Ancient Egypt the kings, or rulers, were also called pharaohs. One of these pharaohs was a boy that went by the name of King Tutankhamun, or King Tut for short. This young king is perhaps one of the best known pharaohs of this time period. In order to find out why King Tutankhamun is so well known we can look at his early life, his time in power, and his death.

Ramses II was the son of the king Seti I and Queen Tuya, who followed his father on multiple campaigns in Libya and Palestine at a young age of 14. By the time Ramses II was the age of 22, there were many campaigns in Nubia that he led with his own sons where shortly after Ramses II became co-ruler of Egypt with his father Seti I. After the death of his father in 1290 BCE, Ramses II gained full control of Egypt and at once began military campaigns to take back land that what he felt was rightfully his. Ramses II, reigned for 67 years during the 19th dynasty of the 12th century BC, where he was known by many different names that were given throughout his reign such as; Ramses the Great, Ozymandias, and Userma’atre’setepenre, translating to,

During the Old Kingdom the first famous pharaoh was Menes. Menes integrated Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt into one civilization, this started the first dynasty of Egypt. After the first and second dynasties, the third dynasty brought about 500 years of stability to the Egyptian civilization. During this time the pharaohs ruled Egypt and had absolute power

Menes was a pharaoh in the first dynasty. He was born around the 3200 BCE. Menes was very powerful and went by many names. Two of his names were Narmer and Scorpion king. Menes wanted even more power. So he tried to unify upper and lower Egypt. His armies took control of Lower Egypt. He then married a princess from Lower Egypt to strengthen his control over the newly unified country. Menes wore both the white crown of Upper Egypt and the red crown of Lower Egypt to show his leadership over the two kingdoms. Later, he combined the two crowns into a double crown. Many historians consider Menes to be the first pharaoh of Egypt. Menes founded Egypt's first dynasty which lasted for 200 years. Menes build a new capital

King Tutankhamun ruled over the land of Egypt as pharaoh. He is known as the boy-king, and for the lavish grave goods that were discovered in his tomb. King Tutankhamun was the last pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty before his sudden untimely death, due to being surrounded by power hungry people which resulted in his assassination.

Ramses II often spelled, as Rameses or Ramesses was known as the greatest pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty of ancient Egypt. In Egypt, he is known by many names such as ‘Urserma’atre’setepenre’ meaning the ‘Keeper of Harmony and Balance, Strong in Right, Elect of Ra’, Ozymandias or Ramsesses the Great. It was uncommon for someone to live to their nineties during that time period but Ramses II lived to be ninenty-six years old, which resulted in him ruling for about 66 years. During his lifetime he has won many battles, which one of them resulted in the first known peace treaty in 1258 B.C. Ramses also ordered to have many temples and statues built all throughout Egypt, to resemble his power.

I have chosen Mentuhotep II was a pharaoh of the 11th dynasty who ruled for 51 years. Mentuhotep's father is Intef III who was the third pharaoh of the eleventh dynasty of Egypt he ruled for 8 years over Upper Egypt, his mother Iah was queen of Egypt during the 11th dynasty and also had a son named Mentuhotep III was a pharaoh of Egypt during the middle kingdom.

The king of Egypt at the time was King Rameses, the way the author describes him as a good king. Why would I state that, because the Father of Rameses most know or believe that his son is capable of protecting

The Egyptian Pharaoh is by far one of the most known leaders in all of history, mostly because of the many statues built in their honor or even their graves. But have you ever wondered why? The reason is simple. The people of Egypt believed that the pharaoh was a god, leading to all of the glorious statues built for them. Egyptian

Ramses the II was born 1303 B.C. and lived till 1213 B.C. Ramses started ruling in his early twenties and Ruled for 66 years (reigned 1279 BC-1213BC). He was the third ruler of the 19th dynasty during the new kingdom and the second longest reign of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs.

King Ramses the Second born 1279-1213 BCE was known as 'Keeper of Harmony and Balance, Strong in Right, Elect of Ra’. Rameses, the third pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty claimed to win victory the Hittites at The Battle of Kadesh, he used this event to enhance his reputation as a empowered fighter. He believed he was the best of all ph… but throughout the duration of his reign, there were all problems within the 20th Dynasty the city less significant leading to it being abandoned as a royal residence, leaving the city without water when the river eventually established a new course to the west now called the Tanitic branch.The influential phar.. claimed the throne in his early 20’s (1279 BCE) and contained to rule 66 years which followed him to

The Egyptian people referred the king or pharaoh, a term which came later, as the “Highest Priest of Every Temple” because they believed they were living gods on earth. The pharaoh was related to Horus, the god of the sky and kingship, while he lived and when he passed he became Osiris the god of the dead, their beliefs originated from Egyptian mythology. The pharaoh was highly respected not only because he owned all the land in Egypt but they thought the pharaoh possessed the ability to communicate to the other gods. This gave the people the allusion if they were obedient the gods would bless them with an abundance of food. Ramesses the II was referred to as one of the most “powerful” pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire. During his reign he concentrated on building temples and monuments while expanding the cities. Ramesses II held 14 sed festivals which are celebrated for the rule of the pharaoh. He was one of the longest living pharaoh dying at the age of 90, this caused the people to think he possessed more godly power since the average human did not make it to that age.