Ramses had a harsh and profound life, yet he was able to accomplish, build, and expand so many ideas across Egypt and even into today. Ramses II made most decisions based on his involvement whether that was war, politics, or ruling. Egypt had to rely on Ramses II to be Pharaoh when his father died. This step in which Ramses had to take at the age of 19 was hard to fulfill with only some training by his father. Ramses was able to accomplish many innovations that have survived to be around today. As ruler Ramses was also the leader of his army and led many battles including the famous war between the Egyptians and Hittites. Ramses created the first treaty to be written down after a war. Ramses has been known to be one of the most profound Pharaoh in history. Even though Egypt relied on Ramses II to be Pharaoh at such a young age, Egypt did not rely just on his judgment, but rather his personal involvement. He expanded Egypt to its’ greatest and highest with a thriving economy and enriched structural growth. Ramses II led for 66 years bringing Egypt to its’ highest power, territorial gain, and economical wealth.
Ramses was born 1303 BCE to his mother Queen Tuya and father Pharaoh Seti I. Ramses became ruler over Egypt for 66 years and 2 months, living to be around 90 years old. When Ramses was a child he experienced several tragic and important events within his life. The first event was when his grandfather became crowned Pharaoh. His grandfather died two years later making his father to be crowned Pharaoh. Ramses than became “First commander of the Army” (1) at age 10 by his father. Ramses was trained by his father and by the many generals on how to command an army. When Ramses was only 15 his brother died and he was pronounced Pr...
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Hatshepsut was born into a wealthy, educated family; however, she displayed qualities that are innate among most great leaders. She was courageous, ambitious, confident, and innovative. This allowed her to become the female Pharaoh during the 18th dynasty, and in a male dominating society, this was seen as an accomplishment among historians analyzing women in power. Hatshepsut’s will to adopt the role as Pharaoh prior to her reign portrays her as a strong, independent female leader. Her building projects and further establishment of trade had a positive impact on Ancient Egypt socially, economically, and intellectually by creating opportunity and further expanding their knowledge. Ultimately, Hatshepsut is considered to be a very successful and influential leader within Ancient history.
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Ramesses II, also known as “Ramesses the Great” was the third pharaoh of the 19th dynasty in Egypt. He came to power following the death of his father, Seti I who was pharaoh of Egypt. Ramesses II had a lengthy reign of 66 years from 1279 BC to 1213 BC, and during those years, he was regarded as one of the most powerful pharaoh’s of Egypt. Ramesses II can attribute the attainment of his power due to his use of propaganda, as evidenced by his often ostentatious displays and exaggerations of his achievements, along with the widespread locations of his propaganda and his use of propaganda in monumental buildings.
Ramses II (reigned 1279-1212 BC), ancient Egyptian king, third ruler of the 19th dynasty, the son of Seti I. During the early part of his reign Ramses fought to reign the territory in Africa and Western Asia that Egypt had held during the 16th and 15th centuries BC. His principle opponents were the Hittites, a powerful people of Asia Minor, against whom he waged a long war upon. The major battle of this war was fought in 1274 at Kadesh, in Northern Syria, was hailed by Ramses as such a great triumph. In 1258 BC a treaty was signed whereby the contested lands were divided and Ramses agreed to marry the daughter of the Hittite king.
Seti I was a great and mighty pharaoh that ruled over ancient Egypt during the early 19th dynasty. Redeveloping the prosperity of everyday people and creating a lasting impression on the way ancient Egypt was. Seti I made a great difference to the quality of artwork and architecture in ancient Egypt creating a condition of beauty that wasn’t surpassed by any other pharaoh. Egypt regained its strength after a rather rocky end to the 18th dynasty. Sethos also created and led a powerful military into battle and won battle upon battle that fell their way. Alongside his wife, Queen Tuya Egypt bloomed during Seti I’s extremely successful reign. If not for the breakthroughs historians would not know nearly as much about the way of ancient Egyptians.
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The Egyptian society consisted of three kingdoms (Old, Middle, and New) and about thirty-four different dynasties. The Egyptians were ruled by kings or pharaohs. The earlier rulers were called “Horus-kings”. I think that they called themselves “Horus-kings” because they thought the pharaoh was associated with Horus. That’s probably true in the Egyptians mind because they did believe that the pharaoh was basically a god. There were many rulers over the time due to disease, illness, etc. The Egyptians had only the pharaoh to tell them what to do and to deal with the people’s problems, although it more the vizier who dealt with the people. Unlike the Egyptians the Ottomans didn’t have as many kings or dynasties. Ottoman had about thirty-six kings over the course of the empire. They had quite fewer because they had better times to live in there possibly was less disease and better living. The sultans ruled for about twenty years. Few sultans ruled twice. The reason some rules twice was because they step down and let their successor rule and went back into power again after their successor. Between both civilizations the rulers ruled until their death, some of them did step down for another ruler to take rule. I think that some of them did actually ruled to their death but not much information was given for the Egyptians because of the amount of kings or rulers that the Egyptians had.
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His other contribution is he he held up maat which is the concept of truth, law, balance, morality and justice. Ramses´ II achievements is he built the most out of all pharaohs, he ruled from 1279 B.C to 1213 B.C and everyone celebrated the Sed Festival for King Ramses II which is celebrated when the pharaoh reached his or hers 30th year of reign. He made a peace treaty with the Hittites which included a marriages to their princesses. Ramses II made 3 temples which are the Karnak temple which is 337 feet wide and 170 feet deep, he also built the luxurious 19th dynasty Luxor Temple and he built the Abu Simbel Temple. Ramses II battled Kadesh which is the mother of all battles. Role and contributions of King Ramses II said ¨Without these various contributions Egypt may have been a very different empire, and our knowledge today may have been more
The text “the Hittites were growing restless, and Seti no longer alive.Pushing beyond their territory, the fierce anatolians had moved as far south as Damascus” reflects increasing tensions between the nations and the ignorance of the Hittites towards Ramses, the successor of King Seti. King Ramses did not receive the same respect and consideration from the Hittites as his father Seti. This notion that Ramses would be an effortless competition made the Hittites violate agreements set by his father and seize Egyptian provinces.Another obstacle that hindered king Ramses’s conquest was his own family. The words of Shanar, brother of Ramses, “the treasury maybe depleted for a time, but I ll be king.And ramses will soon be forgotten” portray strong hatred towards Ramses. Shanar had the most trusted position in the royal court and his selfish motives included aiding hittites and betraying Ramses to seek the royal crown.The Hittites viewed this family feud as their weapon to utilize against Egyptian forces; they often contacted Shanar to strike Egypt during the weakest of time.Despite all intrusions, a unique characteristic of this battle is that the egyptian military strategically tackled the hittites and proved excellence to egyptian people.The king's reign gained acceptance and
Ramesses II, the greatest pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Ramesses II is also referred to as “Ramesses the Great”, due to his great accomplishment’s. Ramesses II reign to the throne (1303 - 1213BC) started when his father died, (1279 – 1213BC) Seti I. Ramesses’s role and significance was important to Egypt with military campaigns he led which resulted in the expansion and power of Egypt’s Borders. The majority of Ancient Egypt historians agree on under Ramesses II reign Egypt peaked in military and economic power. Ramesses also led architectural endeavours, i.e., the Ramesseum, and the temples of Abu Simbel. Ramesses II Interest in architecture resulted in the construction of more monuments than any
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The sun rises on yet another bright day in ancient Egypt. A man wakes up, but this isn't any ordinary man: this is the pharaoh.
Egypt relied on their pharaohs to rule and run their county. Amenhotep III was the ninth pharaoh of the 18th dynasty; he ruled as pharaoh for a long period and achieved a significant amount of development in national and foreign affairs. He has been known as one of the best pharaohs that the world has seen. While Amenhotep was ruler of his era, it was known as the period of peace and prosperity. This allowed him to build many of the impressive structures that are found throughout Egypt today. He went on military campaigns and not only strengthened but expanded the boarders of Egypt throughout his campaigns. Amenhotep III was a successful pharaoh because he completed the roles of a pharaoh exceptionally well; these roles are High Priest, Administrator and Military commander. His name ‘Amenhotep’ means that the gods are satisfied.
...n 1163 B.C., Egypt entered a period of slow decline (Scarre 1997:116). Pharaohs became less powerful, and their prestige dwindled. Hungry soldiers were terrorizing the community, while tomb robbers were raiding the pyramids for resources that were very much needed. They had buried their pharaohs with food, goods and jewelry, all of which were needed to keep the civilization in tact. They had built too many pyramids, and there were setbacks in Asia which corrupted trade. People did not understand why the pharaohs could not fix the problems that were going on. They viewed them as gods and lost trust and faith. Egypt fell apart as these things culminated with loss of belief in the pharaohs.