The Decline of The New Kingdom
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The Battle of the Delta was fought between the Egyptian forces led by __________ and __________.
Rameses III, the Sea-Peoples
Thutmose III, the Mittani
Rameses II, the Hittites
Senusret I, the Nubians
Ramose, the Hyksos
Explanation
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.
The religious reforms made by Akhenaten were centered around __________.
the worship of the sun disc and the power of light
the subjugation of women and the termination of regency
the abolition of the high priests of Thebes
the supposed divinity of the Pharaoh and his offspring
the Cult of Isis
Explanation
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.
Which of these rulers commanded the Egyptian army at the Battle of Megiddo in the fifteenth century?
Thutmose III
Senusret III
Thutmose I
Ramesses III
Senusret II.
Explanation
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.