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    The History of Ancient Egypt: The New Kingdom (Part 1): Weiliao Series: Ancient Egypt Series, #6
    The History of Ancient Egypt: The New Kingdom (Part 1): Weiliao Series: Ancient Egypt Series, #6
    The History of Ancient Egypt: The New Kingdom (Part 1): Weiliao Series: Ancient Egypt Series, #6
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    The History of Ancient Egypt: The New Kingdom (Part 1): Weiliao Series: Ancient Egypt Series, #6

    By Hui Wang

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    "Weiliao" is a series program that tells the story of the world, it created by Wei Yi Culture and Media AB, and launched in 2020. The content touches on history, science, technology, astronomy, geography, music, and more.

     

    "The History of Ancient Egypt" is a series of books to tell the historical stories of Ancient Egypt, and the stories run through the whole of Ancient Egypt. This book "The New Kingdom of Egypt (Part 1)" is the sixth episode, the historical period includes the entire Eighteenth Dynasty. The content includes the advent of the golden age, Thutmose I, Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, The end of the Eighteenth Dynasty. There is more exciting content in the book is looking forward to your reading.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWei Yi Culture and Media AB
    Release dateNov 6, 2020
    ISBN9789189209121
    The History of Ancient Egypt: The New Kingdom (Part 1): Weiliao Series: Ancient Egypt Series, #6

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      The History of Ancient Egypt - Hui Wang

      Introduction

      The The History of Ancient Egypt is a series of books to tell the historical stories of Ancient Egypt, and the stories run through the whole of Ancient Egypt. This book The New Kingdom of Egypt (Part 1) is the sixth episode, the historical period includes the entire Eighteenth Dynasty. The content includes the advent of the golden age, Thutmose I, Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, The end of the Eighteenth Dynasty. There is more exciting content in the book is looking forward to your reading.

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      Overview

      Temple of Hatshepsut

      Temple of Hatshepsut near Luxor in Egypt

      The New Kingdom is a period in Ancient Egypt that came after the end of the Second Intermediate Period. The Second Intermediate Period is a period that was faced with disunity and struggles for power, more importantly, it was the first time that Ancient Egypt was ruled by foreigners, Hyksos. The New Kingdom was followed by the Third Intermediate Period after the collapse of the central government at the end of the Middle Kingdom. The Middle Kingdom is referred to as the Golden Age, a time when the country was led by the most abled and the most famous kings in Ancient Egyptian history. This period was a time of building what was brought down during the succession of power from the Hyksos rule. It is during this time that Egyptians were able to reach far much past their borders into a position of being able to create an empire. It is during this period specifically the 18 th dynasty that the word Pharaoh started to be used from the previous word, King. Apart from being the most populous era, it also produced the most famous kings in the history of Ancient Egypt due to their achievements as Pharaohs and as great leaders. Among such famous kings in the eighteenth dynasty include Thutmose III, Hatshepsut, Amenhotep, Akhenaten, and Tutankhamun. All these kings as we shall see later had their achievements and falls that made them famous.

      The fight against the Hyksos began as early as the 15 th dynasty but its peak was in the 17 th dynasty. The Thebans came to a better position of fighting the Hyksos who had taken control of the whole country in the 17 th dynasty under the leadership of Ahmose which was later picked by his son Kamose and later Ahmose I who fought the last fight that saw the Hyksos weakened at the end of the 17 th dynasty. This is what marked now the long period of peace and prosperity that would be carried along the whole of the Middle Kingdom until the coming of the Third Intermediate Period. This now marked the beginning of what is known as the golden age.

      At the beginning of the 18 th dynasty, Ahmose was pretty sure that the Hyksos were not yet done with the country, he therefore had to make sure that the country was safe from any form of invasion. Ahmose, therefore, conquered and stretched the borders from Syria-Palestine to the second cataract in the South. Upon doing this he made sure that Egypt was now as peaceful as never before and what followed was a period of peace, that led to Egypt being a very powerful nation in the Ancient Near East in a few decennia. This kind of leadership did not die with Ahmose, as it was inherited by some of his successors such as Thutmose I and III, who was able to successfully expand the Egyptian borders to few empires to as far as the 4 th cataract Southern side of the River Euphrates.

      These kinds of conquers and attacks made Egypt not only strong but also rich as they brought home about some of the products, they found in the many countries that they conquered. This, therefore, was pumped into tremendous building projects that had failed to happen in the second Intermediate period due to the unsettledness of the government of the day. The building that benefited most from these riches were the Amun temples at the capital in Thebes.

      Despite the prosperity that had taken momentum in the country, there was a hitch during the reign of Amenhotep’s IV reign. During his time as the Pharaoh, towards the end of the 18 th dynasty, he tried to change the Egyptian religion to a new god who was known as Solar-Deity, Aten. Amenhotep IV, who was as well known as Akhenaten, forced most of the temples to close and this saw people rise against this decision leading to a brief period of turmoil and upheavals. This was named as Amarna revolution that saw ancient Egypt lose some of the control they had in Nubia and Asia. It is from this that saw the Hittite empire rise in influence as well as power.

      This problem, therefore, was passed to the 19 th dynasty and the kings who came during this time took a good time of their dynasty repairing the damages that were brought about by these upheavals. Among the kings involved in these amendments include the first king of the 19 th dynasty Seti I, and Ramesses II who after reclaiming Egypt’s lost glory embarked on continuing with the building projects that were started during the 18 th dynasty. As they continued with their works, they made sure that they reconquered the lost territories in Asia and Nubia and even pushed further but this was too late as they Hittites had already grown strong and were now ready to face the Egyptians. But at this moment the Egyptians were not ready to destroy what they had worked so hard for since they were conquered by the Hyksos in the 2 nd Intermediate Period and recovered it only a dynasty back. They, Egyptians, led by Ramesses II, in his 21 st year on the throne led a peace talk between the two developing enemies. The talks went on successfully and the remainder of his reign as the pharaoh, which took approximately 67 years was peaceful between the two countries.

      By the time Egypt clocked their 20 th dynasty, Egypt was stable and very productive but this seemed to be nearing the end and a start of a new era. During this time Ramesses III was on the throne and he had shown himself to be a powerful and capable

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