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The Old Kingdom (Society (Trade (Traded riches, Traded with Nubia and…

- - - - Right after the Old Kingdom wealth and power declined
      - Pharaoh Mentuhotep II began this period
  - - - Ahmose declared himself ruler of all Egypt
  - - - Began to cut off Hyksos invasion routes
      - Expanded their land
        
        They controlled land from the Euphrates River to southern Nubia
      - Made Egypt rich
        
        Gained resources
      - Trade increased
        
        Queen Hatshepsut helped to increase trade by sending traders south to Punt and north to Asia Minor and Greece
        
        Used wealth to support art and architecture
    - - Height of Egypt's power and wealth
        
        Ahmose was the first pharaoh of the New Kingdom
    - - Ramses the Great ruled in the 1200s BC
        
        longest serving pharaoh in Egyptian history
      - Fought with the Hittites then signed a peace treaty with them
      - The Sea people caused Egypt to lose its empire in Asia
      - Some of Egypts neighbors built empires too
- - - - Anubis weighs their heart against the feather of truth
        
        Only wealthy people can afford to have their body preserved and get a burial tomb
    - - No really knows how they were built
        
        some pharaohs wanted big tombs to show their power
        
        they bring their important belongings with them to the afterlife in pyramid tombs
      - The great sphinx were also built during this time
        
        They show the pharaoh Khafre
        
        He wanted to be shown as half lion to show strength