Study Guide Day 25: End of the Pharaohs part 1

Important names, terms, and concepts

New Kingdom: 1550-1069 BCE

Piye

Apis Bulls

the role of religion in government in the Third Intermediate Period

religious and cultural syncretism in Egypt under foreign rule

Background

You don't need to know all the dates of the third Intermediate Period and Late Period, but for reference:

End of NK: weakening pharaoh, Libyan chieftans take over much of Lower Egypt (and much, much more, but this is enough for the study guide)

Third Intermediate Period: 1069-715 BCE: North/South separate with Libyans in North, priests of Amun in the south

Late Period: 715-332 BCE

• ushered in when Nubians conquer Egypt
• Nubian rule, then (in a nutshell) Assyrian rule
• Persians conquer Egypt 525 BCE
• Persians reconquer Egypt 343 BCE
• Alexander the Great conquers Egypt 332 BCE

Study Questions

What is the role of religion and government in the Third Intermediate Period? Who has the power, and how is it expressed?

How do "foreigners" (Nubians, Libyans, Persians) rule Egypt? As foreigners, Egyptians, some combination? How does this work?