Bell Ringer: 10-9

• What is the title of the leader of Ancient Egypt called?

• What is the name of the monument that most of these people are buried at?

• Where are most of these monuments located at in Ancient Egypt?

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TOC

• PG 17: If kids ruled the world• Pg 18: Pharaoh Chart

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Responsibility

• kings of Egypt.• absolute power. • The Pharaoh owned-land, people, and

possessions in Egypt.• Any King that attempted to radically change

society would be seen as destroying the equilibrium that was so important to Egyptian tradition.

Succession

• eldest son born of the Queen,

• The Pharaoh owned-land, people, and possessions in Egypt.

• Any personal wealth enjoyed by Egyptians people was considered a result of the generosity of the King.

Menes

• Founder- 1st Dynasty• Ruled-3100-2850 B.C.E• First- to make upper and lower Egypt one • He created the city of Memphis because of

its good location. It would be easy top defend against any attacks.

• He expanded his kingdom and developed commercial trade links.

Akenaton

• Original name was Amonhotep IV.• Reigned 1350-1334 B.C.E• King Tuts Father• He wanted to change the Egyptian supreme

god from Amon-Re to Aton.• Therefore he changed his name to Akenaton

which means “he who serves Aton”• New city called Akhetaton.• He was the first to try and change Egyptian

religion.• Remembered for trying to introduce monotheism

Rames II

• Went to the throne at the age of 20 and reigned for 67 years.

• This was the second longest reign for any Egyptian King.

• Constructing many architectural marvels.• Built more statues than any other Egyptian

King.• Monument- huge temples at Abu Simbel.• Ramses had over 100 children!

Khufu• Khufu lived from 2589-2566 B.C.E• He reigned=24 years.• Khufu is most remembered for building Great

Pyramid of Giza.• The pyramid originally stood 481 feet tall.• Khufu had many sons but the one chosen to be

his successor was Djedefre.• Mounement- Great Pyramid and even today it’s

still a mystery to how it was built.