Thu., 11/21

Do Now—Exercise 21A: Keeping the Amenhoteps Straight In the Your answer boxes for each of the Amenhoteps I-IV, describe the historical significance of each of these pharaohs. Model answers: Amenhotep I – Inheriting the throne from his father, Ahmose, Amenhotep I had no heir apparent, and so appointed his brother-in-law and general, Thutmose I, to succeed him. Amenhotep II – Seeking to maintain Egyptian holdings in Canaan, this son of Thutmose III made an alliance with the Mitanni king, Saustatar. Amenhotep III – Killing scores of lions and bulls, Amenhotep III plotted against his Mitanni cousin/brother-/father-in-law, Tushratta. Amenhotep IV – Appropriating the power of religious institutions in Egypt to himself alone, Amenhotep IV tried to establish exclusive worship of the Aten sun disk. HW—Exercise 21B—Your answer: Who was “King Tut”? In five or more complete sentences, discuss Tutankhamun’s historical situatedness, the political struggle between Amun worship and Aten worship, the fate of Tutankhamun’s consort, Ankhesenamun, and the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb.

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