1. New Kingdom
Rise of Thebes

2. Ahmose I Returns home as conqueror
Zeitgeist is similar to:
Narmer, Mentuhotep II, Ahmose
Amun, patron of Thebes, associated with Ra

3. 1493 Thutmose Rebellion from Kush 'chastised'
Then he kills all elephants in Syria, and 'Hyksos' there as well
Puts his son, T II, on
throne as co-ruler with his
daughter
kie

4. Hatshepsut 'female king' > pharaoh Dresses like a king
Alters records to show she was appointed by Thutmose I
Trading as far away as to Punt
New architecture

6. Punt

7. T III 1458-25 The Napoleon of Egypt
Destroys statues and names of Hatshepsut
Takes Syria, even across Euphrates
Buried in VK

9. T III's Imperial Policy Takes as captives the sons of the defeated
Provides education
Eventually released back into the wild to be prophets of Egyptian awesomeness
(but he just a quickly killed those whose kingdoms rebelled)

10. Colossi of Memnon

11. Boring Tranquility for about 100 years…then
1353 Amenhotep III
Only the Aten is the true god
Akhenaten and Nefertiti

12. Moves Capital from Thebes
Amarna
At death of his daughter, mother, (and maybe Nefertiti?) he gets depressed
Spent the treasury to build new city
Unrest throughout Egypt for religion
Hittites get mad because
Traders attacked
1336

13. Tutankhamen Abandons Amarna and back to Thebes

14. I see wonderful things

15. Anakhesunamun Hittite Letters to Suppiluliuma
Consolidation of empire by Ay
Hittites move south
End of the 18th Dynasty