Grade 6, Lesson Outline: Chapter 7, Lesson 3

Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
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Chapter 7, Lesson 3, The New Kingdom (pp. 199-203)

I. New Kingdom Rulers

A. During the New Kingdom period, 1570-1070 B.C., Egyptians began calling their kings pharaohs.

B. The female pharaoh Hatshepsut concentrated on peace and prosperity, sending trade groups to other kingdoms, restoring damaged temples, and resuming the practice of mining.

C. Her successor, Thutmose III, conquered Syria, Palestine, and other regions, bringing great wealth to Egypt, and making it one of the Mediterranean's most powerful kingdoms.

II. Achievements of the Egyptians

B. In the 1500s B.C., an unknown Egyptian doctor wrote a medical document filled with accurate and detailed observations of the human body.

C. Tomb painters created paintings that are one of Egypt's finest achievements.

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