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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 | ||