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** his grandson bragged of personally killing a Nubian king | ** his grandson bragged of personally killing a Nubian king | ||
* Valley of the Kings started by Thutmose I (grandson of Amhose I) | * Valley of the Kings started by Thutmose I (grandson of Amhose I) | ||
=== Amenhotep I === | |||
* Amenhtotep means " "Amun is Satisfied" | |||
===Hatshepsut=== | ===Hatshepsut=== | ||
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* Sources: | * Sources: | ||
** [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/594493/Thutmose-III Thutmose III from Britannica] | ** [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/594493/Thutmose-III Thutmose III from Britannica] | ||
=== Amenhotep II === | |||
* son of Thutmose III | |||
* maintained the empire his father built via military campaigns in Syria | |||
=== Amenhotep III === | |||
* ruled 1386 to 1349 BC | |||
** peaceful period, few wars, diplomacy between rival powers | |||
** crowned while still a child, ruled by a regent until age 13 | |||
* known as "Amenhotep the Magnificent | |||
* son of Thutmose IV | |||
* period of prosperity and peace | |||
* his son, Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaton | |||
* legacy | |||
** has more surviving statues than any other pharaoh | |||
** many texts from him survive | |||
** his many diplomatic letters to rival empires survive | |||
*** Amarna letters << citation | |||
*** has correspondence with Assyria, Mitanni, Babylon and Hatti rules | |||
*** famously rejected Babylonian king's request to marry one of his daughters | |||
**** "From time immemorial, no daughter of the king of Egypt is given to anyone" | |||
===Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV)=== | ===Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV)=== | ||
* reign: 1353 – 1336 BC | * reign: 1353 – 1336 BC | ||
* great-grandson of Thutmose III | ** son of Amenhotep III | ||
* wife = Nefertiti | ** great-grandson of Thutmose III | ||
** wife = Nefertiti | |||
>> add more about Nerfertiti | |||
* attempted monotheistic religion based on one god, Aten, a sun god, represented by a "sun disk" | * attempted monotheistic religion based on one god, Aten, a sun god, represented by a "sun disk" | ||
** changed his name to "Akhenaton" or "he who worships Aten" or "Living Spirit of Aten" | ** changed his name to "Akhenaton" or "he who worships Aten" or "Living Spirit of Aten" | ||