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ancient egypt, 19th-20th dynasty - Coggle Diagram
ancient egypt, 19th-20th dynasty
akhenaton(prologue)
replaced ra with aton
made aton the state god and atonism the state religeon
caused much chaos and disorder
supressed worship and acknowledgement of other gods
Built many temples in his name
constructed a new capital city and wasted money doing so
led to instability and chaos, lost syrian territories as a result
Suceeded by king tut
suceeded by Ay
Suceeded by king Horemheb
tore down temples dedicated to aton
reformed judicial system
purged misbehaving palace officials
fixed and reformed the ineffective military
aged, not long reign
worked to reinstall traditional religeon featuring ra and gods
Ramesside egypt(19th dynasty)
Horemheb had no sons, so he selected Ramses 1 as his successor, begining the 19th dynasty
Seti 1, warrior king of egypt,
reformed the military even further
conquered canaan, parts of syria, defeated invading libyans, and launched a southern campaign
Sucessor is Ramses 2
Continued expeditions, conquering lands, but then became a peaceful ruler, focusing more on cultural development and building projects
created peace with Hittites, along with his son, merneptah
Merneptah succeded him, maintaied peace and order through iron fisting gezer region and thwarting invasions, while maintaining peace with hittites
succeded by seti 2, with a few usurpers. constant change in leadership, coupled with chaos and corruption, led to the fall of the 19th dynasty
Ramesside egypt(20th dynasty)
Setnakht pacified the region, founding the 20th dynasty within 2 years of his reign, then died a year later
suceeded by Rameses 3, last great pharaoh
defeeated numerous Libyan invasions, sea people invasions
didnt experience early iron age
economic and political decline began near the end of his reign
failed to fight corruption and failed to deliver food rations
end of reign had lots of corruption and ingighting within the royal harem, leading to chaos and power struggle
Court culture
many kings ruled in a short period of time
chaos and instability in government
king could not consolidate power or do much, and preist families gained more power
economic decline
corruption
mismanagement
no innovation
power struggle and power vacumm in the court
goveners gained much more indivudual power out of this power vacumm in the royal court
smendes, govener of Tanis, became king and founded the 21st dynasty in 1075 bc