True History - Veritas Card #21 - Early New Kingdom in Egypt II

Early New Kingdom in Egypt

   From around the years 1570 - 1300 B.C., in the land of Egypt, the Early New Kingdom consisted of the 18th Dynasty. After the Egyptians learned about weapons from the Hyksos people, they drove them back to Asia, in the far North.
    King Thutmose I had a daughter named Hatsheput, who married her brother, Thutmose II. There is a good possibility that she was the princess who found Moses in the basket floating on the Nile River. Thutmose II and Hatsheput had two daughters, and Thutmose II had a son with a lesser wife.
   Thutmose III married his half-sister when he was nine years old. After his father, Thutmose II died, he became Pharaoh. It was during this time period when Hatsheput ruled behind the scenes, then one day came out and announced that she was the Pharaoh of Egypt! She became the first woman to rule in Egypt! No one was opposed to her either. She ruled for 21 years, then Thutmose III came to the throne. He was the one who oppressed the Israelites just before the Exodus took place. It is possible that the next Pharaoh to rule, Amenhotep II, was the pharaoh who ruled during the Exodus.
    The Egyptians were polytheists, meaning that they worshiped more than one god. They did not worship the one true and living God. The gods that they worshiped were Amon, who was the most worshiped god, and Aton, mainly. They worshiped the creation instead of the Creator. This dynasty lasted a long time and was prosperous.