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| Ramses II | the last powerful Egyptian pharaoh during the New Kingdom who extended Egypt to its greatest size |
| Amon Re | cheif sun god of the Egyptians |
| Osiris | Egyptian god who ruled the underworld and was god of the Nile |
| Isis | Egyptian goddess & wife of Osiris she is seen as patron to women |
| Menes | first Egyptian king to unite Upper and Lower Egypt |
| Hyksos | foreign invaders of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom they drove horse drawn war chariots |
| Hatshepsut | a powerful pharaoh of the New Kingdom who encouraged trade and peace during her reign |
| Akhenaton | a powerful pharaoh of the New Kingdom who favored the sun god Aton over Amon Re |
| Nefertiti | wife of Akenaton who shared power during his reign |
| Jean Campollion | French scholar who deciphered the Rosetta stone |
| Howard Carter | British archaeologist who uncovered King Tutenkhamen's tomb |
| Tutankhamen | minor king of Egypt whose tomb was discovered intact by Howard Carter |
| Nubia | kingdom to the south of Egypt that was conquered by Egypt during the New Kingdom and later conquered Egypt |
| Hittites | People of Mesopotamia who Ramses II made a truce with |
