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NSWAncient HistorySection IV (Historical Periods): New Kingdom Egypt to the death of Thutmose IV
Quick questions on Amenhotep II and Thutmose IV: HSC Ancient History
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What is amenhotep II?Show answer
Amenhotep II succeeded his father Thutmose III (who had died c. 1425 BC after briefly sharing rule with his son) at the head of the largest empire Egypt had yet controlled, stretching from the Euphrates in the north to deep into Nubia in the south. His central problem was not conquest but control: an empire of loyal-when-watched vassal city-states in Syria-Palestine (Retjenu) needed constant re-assertion. Amenhotep II answered with force and image rather than expansion.
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