1. Chapter 4.1 First Age of Empires

2. SECTION 4.1 OBJECTIVES
1. Explain why the Hyksos were able to invade Egypt. 2. Identify key events in the history and decline of Egypt’s New Kingdom. 3. Explain the Kushite conquest of Egypt. 4. Summarize the achievements of Meroe.

3. 4.1 Guided Reading Questions
Which region did the Hyksos invade and rule from B.C.?
What was so different about the Hyksos that shocked the people they invaded?
Which group settled the region in 1650 B.C.?
How were they treated?
Who was Queen Ahhotep?
Which leader won a great victory “over the hated Hyksos”?

4. 7. When the Hyksos were kicked out, where did
they go?
8. What was the exit of the Hebrews called?
9. Describe Egypt during the New Kingdom.
10. What did the new Egyptian rulers set up to express their new power?
11. Who was Hatshepsut?
12. Where did her trade expeditions take her and what did she bring back?
13. Who was Thutmose III? Describe his ruling style.

5. 14. What is he suspected of doing. 15
14. What is he suspected of doing? 15. Name three regions Thutmose III entered? 16. Who did the Egyptians (Ramses II) clash with in Palestine? 17. Why did they fight? 18. How did the conflict end? 19. What does the actual word “pharaoh” translate into? 20. Who invaded the Egyptian and Hittite kingdoms?

6. 21. Who did the Egyptians fall to. 22
21. Who did the Egyptians fall to? 22. What culture did both the Libyans and the Nubians adopt? 23. Who raided and occupied Kush? When had the Kushite Kingdom ruled before? 24. Who is the new regional power as Egypt started to decline? 25. What was used for the excessive trade in the region?

7. 26. What culture did the people of this region adopt. 27
26. What culture did the people of this region adopt? 27. Who did the Kushites expel from Egypt? 28. What king overthrew the Libyan dynasty? 29. Who destroyed the Kushite Kingdom in Egypt? 30. Name the new major Kushite city.

8. 31. What flourished in the new Kushite Empire. 32. What did they trade
31. What flourished in the new Kushite Empire? 32. What did they trade? 33. Where was the city of Meroe located? 34. Who did they trade with? 35. What did they trade the iron for? 36. Which empire is on the rise?