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==New Kingdom pharaohs ==
==New Kingdom pharaohs ==
* the below is not complete, focusing on important persons and events
===Amhose I===
===Amhose I===
* first New Kingdom pharaoh (18th  dynasty)
* first New Kingdom pharaoh (18th  dynasty)
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=== Ay and Horemheb ===
'''Ay'''
* Ay, who is possibly Nefertiti's father, probably exercised power during Tutankhamen's reign
*** Ay succeeded him as full pharaoh
'''Horemheb'''
* Horemheb succeeded Ay as pharaoh and was the last 18th dynasty pharaoh
* Horemheb was son-in-law of Ay
** Ay had tried to install is own son as pharaoh
*** but Horemheb, who was chief general under Tutankhamun and Ay, took power for himself
*** political divisions had grown under Akhenaten and his successors
** Horemheb reorganized the kingdom, consolidating power
* Horemheb commenced the "erasure" of Akhenaten
** demolished monuments and art of the "Armana period" (period of Akhenaten and his successors)
** Horemheb chose Ramses I to succeed him
=== Ramses I & Seti ===
* 19th dynasty marks reorganization of Egypt
** and further military expansion
'''Ramses I'''
* ruled 1292-1290 approx
* short rule marked transition from 18th the 19th dynasties
** Ramses was from a military not royal family
** his name meant "Established by the strength of Ra"
''' Seti'''
* ruled 1290–1279 BC approx
* Seti's name meant "Man of Set, beloved of Ptah"
* Seti led military campaigns in to the Middle East
** conquest of Kadesh (in modern Syria) is his greatest military achievement
*** Kadesh had been lost during Akhenaten's rule
*** the Hittites soon re-conquered Kadesh


===Ramses the Great===
===Ramses the Great===
* Ramses II
* reign: 1279–1213 BC
* reign: 1279–1213 BC
* ruled for 66 years
* ruled for 66 years