We will have a quiz this Friday on Sections 8.5 and 8.6. Notes will not be allowed!
8.5 Pharaoh Hatshepsut: Promoter of Egyptian Trade
- Pharaoh during the New Kingdom (1473-1458) – (haht-SHEP- soot)
- Egypt’s first female pharaoh- demanded the same respect as male pharaohs
- First shared power with male relatives
- Hatshepsut dressed in men’s clothing- even wore a fake beard
- She spread stories that her father was a god
- Encouraged trade, which helped spread Egyptian influence along the Nile River and nearby Middle Eastern lands
- Built the great temple at Dayr al-Bahri- 200 sphinx statues placed at its entrance
- A sphinx is mythical creature with a lion’s body and the head of a human
- Those who cannot answer its riddle suffer a fate typical in such mythological stories, as they are killed and eaten by this ravenous monster
8.6 Pharaoh Ramses II: Military Leader and Master Builder
- Ruled from about 1290 to 1224 B.C.E.- during the New Kingdom
- Called Ramses the Great- one of the most famous pharaohs
- He had over 100 wives and more than 100 children- Nefertari
- Ramses had hundreds of statues of himself erected- 60 feet high
- Story has it he captained an army at age 10- fearless soldier
- A peacemaker- singed the world’s first peace treaty with the Hittites
- Ramses ordered more temples and monuments to be built than other pharaoh
- His mummy is one of the best preserved bodies ever found