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    Amenhotep IV known as the rebel pharaoh suddenly emerge, whose radical worldview would shake the empire to its foundation. Amenhotep IV’s unquenchable thirst for absolute power, spawn the construction of a new capitol city, and to engineered to position him as the center of the universe. Amenhotep IV wanted to be in control of everything, this started the classic struggle between church and state. During a journey north in the 50 years of his reign, Amenhotep came upon a barren patch of desert

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    Amenhotep IV was considered an "unusual ruler in the history of ancient Egypt". He reigned for 17 years, from c.1353 - 1336 BCE. He had changed his name around 1348 BCE to Akhenaten ("One Who Is Effective on Behalf of the Aten"). He would be considered a radical in our times, and had radically changed many aspects of the culture, some of which involved; the political, spiritual, and cultural life of the country. During this transforming time, there were radical changes in royal artisitic conventions

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    Hathor, the goddess of fertility. By the Middle Kingdom queens (and kings) began simply wearing the uraeus alone. During the Amarna Period the uraeus was often decorated with two cow horns and the solar disk of Hathor. As Great Royal Wife of Amenhotep III and Mother of the King Akhenaton, Queen Tiye was illustrated many times depicting royal behavior. She was represented in equal scale with the king on statues, portrayed as a sphinx trampling foes (a symbol directly taken from kingly imagery),

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    Egypt’s relations changed with foreign powers from the eighteenth to the nineteenth dynasties as Egyptian pharaohs adopted policies of diplomacy or military conquest. During the reign of Amenhotep III Egypt’s relations with foreign powers continued to be focused on diplomacy rather than military conflict as Amenhotep sort to maintain peace and prosperity throughout the region. With the accession of Akhenaten to the throne, Egypt’s relations with foreign powers and its vassal’s changed dramatically with

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    The Expansion of Ancient Egypt and Its Historical  Significance                                      Introduction  The external expansion of Ancient Egypt, traditionally, consisted of two areas: Libya  on  the  north,  especially  Palestine  and  Syria;  Nubia  on  the  south.  What  Egypt  imposed on Nubia was the colonial rule, while its control of Palestine and Syria was  loose. Egypt’s penetration to Nubia and West Asia could be divided into two stages,  the Old Kingdom period and the Middle Kingdom period

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    v The establishment of the Egyptian Empire was due to a combination of various factors, originating in the establishment of the New Kingdom. Through the creation of various military and political relations by the Pharaohs of the 18th Dynasty, Egypt was able to expand & prosper leading to the establishment of a vast empire in the ‘Golden Age’ of Egyptian history. Egypt had exploited Nubian for resources such as gold since the Old Kingdom, yet expansion of empire into Nubia wasn’t seen as a

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    Coffey resurrects the pharaohs, kings, queens, and citizens of ancient Egypt and other nations. Set in the time period 14th century B.C.E., this novel is filled with love, wars, and politics. It begins with Amenhotep III and his addiction to a fatal drug, and continues with his oldest son, Amenhotep IV, who renames himself to Akenaten. The pharaoh’s regrettable decision to separate from Thebes and the kingdom’s pantheon heightens the battle between royalty and religion, which comes to a point when Akenaten’s

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    In New Kingdom Egypt, there were many pharaohs that were very important to Egypt. These three pharaohs —Ramses II, Amenhotep II, and Thutmose III— were the three most significant to our understanding of Egyptian civilization. They were significant because either they are the ones you think of when you hear “Ancient Egypt” (chariot battles, large temples, etc.), or because they were innovative, implementing new ideas and technologies that were important to Egypt’s success and had long lasting effects

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    Ancient History- Historical Time Period: New Kingdom Egypt to the Death of Thutmose IV 1. Internal Developments: Impact of the Hyksos: political, economic, and technological Political: The second Intermediate Period was a time of great disunity in Egypt. There was no centralised rule with the country being broken up into independently administered regions. Hyksos sources are archaeological rather than written and are incomplete. Excavations at Tell el- Dab’a in the north-eastern Delta by Manfred

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