Hyksos :
Hyksos Invaders from Asia
Cross Suez peninsula
Used war chariots
Egyptians had never seen these
Weak pharaohs rule Egypt at the time
Fight against the Hyksos :
Fight against the Hyksos Queen Ahhotep
Continued battles after pharaoh killed Pharaoh Kamose
Drove the Hyksos out of Egypt
Hatshepsut :
Hatshepsut Declared herself pharaoh over her stepson
Encouraged trade
Journey to the Land of Punt (modern Somalia
Brought back luxuries never seen before in Egypt
Dressed as a male to seem more like a pharaoh
Thutmose III :
Thutmose III Very warlike pharaoh
May have murdered Hatshepsut
Conquered many new territories
First to get into the Kingdom of Nubia
Ramses II :
Ramses II Fought the Hittites
Built many great monuments and temples to the gods
Kingdom of kush :
Kingdom of kush Nubian empire
South of Egypt near the first cataract
Extensive trade with Egypt
Were forced to embrace Egyptian ways during the New Kingdom
Copied many Egyptian customs
Piankhi :
Piankhi Kushite pharaoh who conquered Egypt after its decline at the end of the New Kingdom
Ruled until the Assyrians overthrow them
Meroe :
Meroe New Nubian capital
Further south
Closer to the Red Sea
Survived for hundreds of years
Great iron producers
Huge trade center