Egypt's Empire in the Middle and New Kingdoms

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  1. 3. Enormous temple built by Ramses II in Thebes
  2. 5. New Kingdom temples were really a sort of _______, since valuables like gold, jewelry, fragrant oils and fine textiles were stored there for safekeeping.
  3. 9. Pharaoh who overthrew and expelled the Hyksos.
  4. 11. Representatives sent by pharaohs and other rulers to work together to develop treaties and trade agreements.
  5. 13. The most successful of the New Kingdom pharaohs; served for 66 years; the pharaoh of Prince of Egypt and of the Israelite enslavement (Moses and the Red Sea story).
  6. 15. At the beginning of the Middle Kingdom Egypt moved its capital here.
  7. 17. The name of the Kingdom/Time period begun by Pharaoh Ahmose’s dynasty.
  8. 18. Horse-drawn weapons of war introduced by the Hyksos
  9. 19. Archeologist Howard discovered King Tut’s mummy and gold treasure-filled tomb in 1922.
  10. 21. The name given to forced payment$ that conquered peoples had to pay.
  11. 22. Territory to the south conquered by Egypt during the Middle Kingdom.
  12. 23. Nephew of Hatshepsut who expanded Nubia in the south: gold, slaves, and wealth.
  13. 24. Canal between Nile River and _____ Sea allowed trading ships to move goods to Arabia and East Africa.
  14. 25. A false one worn by Pharaoh Hatshepsut to imitate those worn by male pharaohs.
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  1. 1. The invaders took control of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom when Egypt was weakened by Civil War.
  2. 2. During the Middle Kingdom, pharaohs were buried in underground tombs in the limestone cliffs in The ______ of the Kings.
  3. 4. Invented by the Phoenicians
  4. 6. Father of Tut, who created a new religion to reduce the power of the priests; spread worship only on Aton (god of the sun’s disc); renamed himself Akhenaton (“spirit of Aton”)
  5. 7. One of the few women pharaohs to rule.
  6. 8. These eastern Mediterranean Sea shipping traders helped the Egyptians get wood.
  7. 10. In addition to papyrus, gold, copper, tin and tools, the Egyptians traded this major crop with the Phoenicians.
  8. 12. During the Middle Kingdom, Egypt conquered new ________.
  9. 14. Name of the present-day country to the north that Egypt expanded into during the Middle Kingdom
  10. 16. Pharaoh Hatshepsut was more interested in this, than war.
  11. 20. Son of Amenhotep IV/Akhenaton; when 10 he became pharaoh; restored worship of old gods; died when he was 19.