Egypt’s Golden Age • 1 Egypt’s Golden Age Powerful Pharaoh’s and the Choices that Shaped Egypt hp://tourism.egypt.com/index.php/arcles/ArcleCategorySpecial/2364 A ncient Egypt has fascinated the minds of millions throughout history as we’ve come to learn about how the ancient Egypans lived and what they believed in. Our movies are filled with archaeologists searching for lost tombs and hidden treasures, finding mummies and being haunted by curses. What fascinates us the most are the lives of the Pharaoh’s, the vast lands they controlled and the many great cies they built and leſt behind. The ques- on puzzling archaeologists and historians alike in modern days is; how did Egypt fall from power, was it caused by some catastrophe or was it due to the choices of the phar- aohs? The choices of the pharaohs directly affected and shaped Egypt and it’s economy through war, famine and religion. Posive Acon The pharaoh who had quite possibly the most posive influence in Egypt’s Golden Age was Thutmose III, who reigned from 1479-1426 BCE during the eighteenth dynas- ty. He was a great statesman, highly skilled hunter and warrior and never red of boasng of his achievements, records of which sll exist today. His war campaigns brought the Egypan empire to the height of its strength by conquering all of Syria, crossing the river Euphrates to fight and ulmately defeat the Mitannians, and then cross- ing over the Nile into the Sudan and claiming many territo- ries there (Dorman and Drower, “Thutmose III”). In a war campaign, the pharaoh brought home much “booty and tribute from the king's conquests enabled him to carry out an extensive building program and to establish new feasts and special offerings. He built more than fiſty temples— some aested only by wrien sources—not only in Egypt but also in Nubia and Palesne (Redford, “Thutmose III”, Oxford Encyclopedia).” Aſter the death of his wife Hat- shepsut, he became and even more formidable opponent on the balefield and began a fierce set of campaigns against the Nubian and Levanne powers to be. Negave Acon Amenhotep IV began his reign 1353-1336 BCE during the eighteenth dynasty in ancient Egypt and quickly became one of Egypt’s most controversial rulers. Also known as the herecal king, he quickly began to make big changes in Ancient Egypt that had many negave effects on the na- on as a whole. Even more famous than his decisions for his empire, Amenhotep IV was married to the very beau- ful Nefer and his son who succeeded him was the boy king Tutankhamen. The moment Amenhotep IV came into power he began to make, “sweeping changes in the spheres of religion, architecture and art (Dorman, “Akhenaton”).” He found that he did not like the god Amon and decided to create a temple dedicated to the god Aton, or the sun god, and changed the human form
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Egypt’s Golden Age • 1
Egypt’s Golden Age
Powerful Pharaoh’s and the Choices that Shaped Egypt