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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"