3. Hyksos conquer Egypt
• New chariot technology easily defeated
Egyptians.
• Hyksos rule from 1640-1570 B.C.E.
4. The New Kingdom 1570-1075
B.C.E.
• Egyptians overthrew Hyksos
• Expanded Egyptian Empire
• Hatshepsut; female pharaoh
5. • Thutmose III
conquered more
land, including
part of Nubia
• Ramses II, great
pharaoh,
– Made peace with
Hittites
– Great buildings
– 99, 150
Egypt reaches its peak
6. Egypt in decline
• Attacked by “People of the Sea”
(Philistines?)
• Large empire split into many small
kingdoms
• Libyans conquer Egypt
8. Nubians become Egyptized
• Nubian monarchs and nobles moved to
Egypt
• Studied Egyptian language & religion
• “Guardians of Egyptian values”
Amenemhat
III, (1797 BCE) King Taharqa,
(664 BCE)
9. Kush (briefly) conquers Egypt
• 751 B.C.E., Kush King Piankhi overthrew
Libyan dynasty then ruling Egypt.
• 671 B.C.E., Assyrians conquer Egypt,
force Kushites to retreat
15. Assyria means War!Assyria means War!
• Assyrian society glorified militaryAssyrian society glorified military
strengthstrength
• The Assyrians created an empireThe Assyrians created an empire
using only military conquest &using only military conquest &
forceforce
• Question: Why?Question: Why?
• Answer: GeographyAnswer: Geography
16. • The Assyrians originally lived on a flat
plain that was constantly being invaded
• Their geography forced them to fight
22. Assyrian Culture
• Focused on war & feats of bravery, e.g.
the lion hunt
• Cuneiform based writing system
23.
24. Nineveh
• Assyrian capital city (Mosul)
• Built by King Sennacherib
• Largest city of its time
• Giant library
25. The End of Assyria
• Why did
Assyria fall?
– 1: Assyrian
Empire got too
big to control
– 2: Brutal
conquests
created many
enemies
– 3: Weak
leaders
26. The Conquerors became the
conquered
• Army of
Medes &
Chaldeans
conquered
Assyrian
empire
• Burnt Nineveh
to the ground
Celebrate!
Please join the Fertile
Crescent in celebrating the
end of the Assyrian Empire!
27. Chaldean King Nebuchadnezzar rebuilds
Tour the City
Amazing hanging
gardens! Built for
the King’s wife.
One of the wonders
of the ancient world.
300 foot high
Ziggurat.
Temple just like the
old days of ancient
Sumer
Editorial: New phonetic
alphabet is an abomination!
Letters that stand for sounds
instead of ideas? Preposterous!
Shall we all stand around
sounding words out instead of
instantly recognizing a symbol
as an idea. I don’t care for
these new-fangled ways, as a
people we must return to the
good and pure ideas of old.
Those ideas are enshrined in
our pictograms. Without them,
we as a society would fall apart,
chattering and inventing strange
new words until each one of us
had his very own language…
The Tower of Babel returns!
Beware citizens!
Babylon born again!
Ancient capital of Sumer revitalized - Since 600 B.C.E