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Egypt: The New Kingdom
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Vocabulary: • New Kingdom – the time period in Ancient Egypt
when the empire was expanded out of the Nile River Valley
• Ebony – a tree that produces black lumber
• Incense – materials that when they are burned they give off scented smoke
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• Amon – God of Thebes
• Treasury – the place where a group keeps their money or valuables
• Scribes – people who kept and copied written records
• Hieroglyphics – Egyptian writing
Vocabulary (continued):
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I. Introduction to the New Kingdom • Hatshepsut, pushed trade outside of the Nile River
Valley
– Trade and Religions were her main concerns
– She established Punt as a major trading post for Egyptian trade with other East African Nation
– Traded beads and metal tools for exotic items such as leopard skins, ebony, hunting dogs, and incense
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• Thutmose III, the stepson of Hatshepsut, took over after her death
– He pushed the Egyptian Army into Syria and Palestine expanding the Egyptian Empire
I. Introduction to the New Kingdom (continued)
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II. Religion • During the New Kingdom the capital of Egypt was
moved to, Thebes
• Egyptians began to worship a combination of the God of Thebes and the Sun God, Amon-Re
• Temples were built in his honor
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• During the New Kingdom the temples became a center for industry
– Sculptors and Artisans worked in the temples to provide for the priests
– The temples served a treasuries
– Schools for young boys to learn how to be scribes were located in the temples
II. Religion (Continued)
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• Scribes worked out of temples copying religious works, government records, and medical prescriptions
• The only way a boy could become a scribe was to have a father who was a scribe
II. Religion (Continued)
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III. Decline • Pharaohs lost power to the priests of Amon-Re
• When Amenhotep IV took over he closed the temples and created a new religion
• The new religion was:
– Monotheistic with Aton being the only god
– He changed his name to Akhenaton “Spirit of Aton”
– Only his close advisors and family actually accepted the new religion
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Amenhotep IV
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• At 9 years old Amenhotep IV’s Son-in-Law, Tutankhamen took over
• Tutankhamen (King Tut) restored the old religion to Egypt
• He died 9 years later
III. Decline (continued)
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• Egypt looses its power for a couple of reasons:
– There was a struggle between priests and Pharaohs
– Egypt was spending too much money trying to keep its empire, because of all of the military action that was needed
– Egypt was low on iron and they needed iron to keep up with the surrounding armies
III. Decline (continued)
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• The Egyptian Empire fell when the Assyrians tool over in 671 B.C.
III. Decline (continued)