Notes

Queen Hatshepsut died in 1458 BCE no one knows how she died and she was buried at Deir el-Bahri also Archaeologists discovered her mummy in 2007. Thutmose II was Queen Hapshepsut's stepson. He: succeeded her as pharaoh. destroyed her monuments. attempted to erase her name from Egyptian history. Amenhotep IV promoted the worship of one god Aten the sun god. He changed the capital to avoid conflict with priests who were angry about the changes in religion. later he changed his name from Amenhotep IV to Akhenaton. He ruled from a new city he named Akhenaton he did not believe in afterlife his people believed the god was reponsible for both good and bad things Akhenaton married Nefertiti who: had some children with him became the 2nd most powerful person in Egypt was depicted in art as Akhenaton's equal. king tut was king Akhenaton's son became king at 9 years old reversed many of his fathers policies died when he was 18 or 19 with no children is remembered because of his magnificent tomb king tut reversed many of his dads rules he: returned the capital to Memphis restored the religion of believing in all gods rebuilt the army the ecomy and realtionships with forgien countrys. Ramses II was the most succeesful leader of the new kingdom took back much of the territory that had been lost by eariler kings and queens extended the empiere