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==New Kingdom==
==New Kingdom==
[[File:Ramses-ii-relief-from-memphis2.png|right|250px|thumb|Ramses-ii-relief-from-memphis2|(wiki)]]
'''summary'''
* 1550 BC - 1069 BC (approx)
* 1550 BC - 1069 BC (approx)
* period of strong pharaohs and Egyptian foreign conquest
* period of strong pharaohs and Egyptian foreign conquest
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** individual wealth = democratization of pharaonic privilege such as tombs, mummification, etc.
** individual wealth = democratization of pharaonic privilege such as tombs, mummification, etc.
** individual connections through trade with foreign lands
** individual connections through trade with foreign lands
'''click EXPAND for details'''
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===Amhose I===
===Amhose I===
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*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kadesh Battle of Kadesh] (wikipedia)
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kadesh Battle of Kadesh] (wikipedia)


===Collapse of New Kingdom===
==Collapse of New Kingdom==
* over-expansion and constant warfare weakens Egyptian empire
* over-expansion and constant warfare weakens Egyptian empire
* climate change impacts region: more migration into Egypt & destabilizing invasions
* climate change impacts region: more migration into Egypt & destabilizing invasions
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** Sea Peoples: "mysterious" raiders - likely from Italy or Greece who raided coastal areas of Eastern Mediterranean
** Sea Peoples: "mysterious" raiders - likely from Italy or Greece who raided coastal areas of Eastern Mediterranean


== Post-Egyptian  
== Post-Egyptian self-rule ==
* Berber rule
* Berber rule
** Amazigh people  
** Amazigh people  
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* Assyrian rule
* Assyrian rule


NOTE: to create new sectino for post-New Kingdom through Ptolomaic rule
NOTE: to create new section for post-New Kingdom through Ptolomaic rule
 


== Architecture ==
== Architecture ==