Ancient History: Egypt : The New Kingdom (1550-1077 BCE)
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Example Question #291 : Ancient History: Egypt
The Battle of Kadesh was fought between Egypt and __________.
the Israelites
Libya
Assyria
Nubia
the Hittites
the Hittites
The Battle of Kadesh was fought during the reign of Ramasses II, during the height of the power of the New Kingdom. It was fought between Egypt and their great rivals at the time, the Hittites. It ended in partial victory for the Egyptians and a negotiated peace treaty between the Hittites and the Egyptians.
Example Question #292 : Ancient History: Egypt
What was the type of diplomatic overture(s) most frequently favored by the New Kingdom’s pharaohs?
The acceptance of foreign deities and territorial concessions
The sharing of natural resources
Royal marriages and the exchange of valuable gifts
The symbolic adoption of specific customs of each individual ally’s culture
Religiously-sanctioned peace treaties and royal marriages
Royal marriages and the exchange of valuable gifts
The New Kingdom pharaohs, despite their many fearsome Asiatic conquests, were not at all averse to diplomacy. In fact, when it was deemed religiously and politically preferable, they frequently took the diplomatic route to either avoid or end military conflicts with neighboring states. These pharaohs developed their own special blend of diplomatic relations – peace overtures would be made and then cemented through the ritual exchange of valuable gifts and strategic royal marriages. Their willingness to engage in diplomacy, as well as the many alliances which thereby resulted, contributed greatly to the over prosperity and territorial expansions enjoyed by the Empire during this era.
Example Question #293 : Ancient History: Egypt
The Battle of Kadesh was fought during the reign of __________.
Ramasses II
Amenhotep III
Hatshepsut
Thutmose III
Amenhotep IV
Ramasses II
The Battle of Kadesh was fought in the 13th century BCE, during the reign of one of the most powerful Egyptian rulers - Ramasses II. It was fought between the Egyptian Empire and their great rivals, the Hittites. It ended in something of a stalemate, although Ramasses II claimed a great victory.
Example Question #294 : Ancient History: Egypt
During which time period did the Ancient Egyptian pharaohs begin their Empire’s territorial incursions into Asia?
The New Kingdom
The First Intermediate Period
The Late Period
The Predynastic Period
The Middle Kingdom
The New Kingdom
The Eighteenth Dynasty pharaohs of the New Kingdom were the first Ancient Egyptian rulers to launch territorial incursions into neighboring Asia. Their concentrated military campaigns and expeditions were wildly successful, so much so that their new Asian conquests afforded Ancient Egypt with its first real taste of imperial rule.
Example Question #1 : The Decline Of The New Kingdom
The religious reforms made by Akhenaten were centered around __________.
the subjugation of women and the termination of regency
the worship of the sun disc and the power of light
the Cult of Isis
the abolition of the high priests of Thebes
the supposed divinity of the Pharaoh and his offspring
the worship of the sun disc and the power of light
The religious reforms of Akhenaten were centered around the worship of the sun disc and the power of light. This is distinct from earlier Egyptian worship which was centered around the worship of the sun as a physical or divine entity.
Example Question #2 : The Decline Of The New Kingdom
The Battle of the Delta was fought between the Egyptian forces led by __________ and __________.
Thutmose III, the Mittani
Rameses II, the Hittites
Rameses III, the Sea-Peoples
Ramose, the Hyksos
Senusret I, the Nubians
Rameses III, the Sea-Peoples
The Battle of the Delta was fought in the twelfth century BCE between the forces of Egypt (led by Ramesses III) and the Sea-Peoples. The Sea-Peoples were a group of European and Asiatic migrants who repeatedly attempted to settle in the Egyptian delta during the nineteenth and twentieth dynasties. At the Battle of the Delta, Ramesses’ forces repelled an invasion from the sea and defeated the Sea-Peoples.
Example Question #3 : The Decline Of The New Kingdom
Which of these rulers commanded the Egyptian army at the Battle of Megiddo in the fifteenth century?
Ramesses III
Thutmose I
Senusret II.
Senusret III
Thutmose III
Thutmose III
The Battle of Megiddo was fought during the fifteenth century BCE between the forces of Egypt and an alliance of Canaanite and Asiatic city-states. It was part of the Asiatic military campaigns of the influential New Kingdom ruler, Thutmose III. It was during Thutmose’s reign that Egypt’s territorial extent reached its greatest height.
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