AHMOSE

TIME PERIOD:

• When ahmose became king, Egypt was in crisis.
• He ruled from 1550bc-1525bc.
• In 1550bc-Egypt, once a powerful kingdom, was sandwiched between two enemies when Ahmose was born.
• Egypt was occupied in the north and threatened in the south.
• In 1525bc- by the time he died, Ahmose had liberated his country and started the new Egyptian empire.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Ahmose is most known for defeating the Hyksos, but he also reunified Egypt.
• Ahmose I captured more territory and started the New Kingdom, under which Egyptian power peaked.
• He reorganized the tax system, repaired canals and irrigation systems, and reopened quarries, mines, and trade routes.
• Reviving monumental constructions and the arts, he also had a cenotaph built in Abydos, a very sacred city
• Honoring the god Amun, he enlarged the temple in Thebes which set an example for future rulers and started the rise of Amun above other gods.

Ahmose benefited Egypt because he completed the conquest and expulsion of the Hyksos from the delta region, restored Theban rule over the whole of Egypt and successfully reasserted Egyptian power in its formerly subject territories of Nubia and Canaan.