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EGYPT 1.1.1
Question | Answer |
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Nefertiti | wife of Akhenaton well-known for the statue of her head; name means "the beautiful one has come |
Hatshepsut | a bold leader led armies into battle if enemies threatened border created a time of peace and good; strong economy ruled for 22 years; had a temple built at Deir el-Bahr and obelisks as well regent for Thutmose III |
Cleopatra | ruled Egypt for 20 years was almost successful at ruling the entire Roman Empire co-ruled with her brother, Ptolemy VII, until, with the help of Julius Caesar, took over the throne |
Akhenaton | pharaoh in 1353 BC started monotheism-belief in one god |
Thutmose | a child who became pharaoh has a regent destroyed Hatshepsut's statues when she died one of the great pharaohs of the New Kingdom |
King Tut | known as boy king became king at the age of 8 or 9 brought back polytheism to Egypt best known for the discovery of his tomb in 1922 with all items untouched and his golden mask in tact |
Menes/Narmer | king from the 1st dynasty united Upper and Lower Egypt built the city of Memphis, Egypt’s first capital city |
Ramses II | ruled for over 65 years most famous of all pharaohs had the most monuments and statues built in his honor |