- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Maps
-
1 The Land and its People -
2 The Egyptian Monarchy -
3 The Founders -
4 The First Pyramid Builders -
5 The Openers of the Ways -
6 Collapse and Recovery -
7 The Seizers of the Two Lands -
8 The Liberators -
9 The Queen and the Conqueror -
10 The Kings of the Sun -
11 The Power and the Glory -
12 The Feud of the Ramesides -
13 Defender of the Frontiers -
14 Of Kings and Priests -
15 The Rise and Fall of the Libyan Pharaohs -
16 The Other Egypt -
17 The Dimming Glory -
18 Native Sunset - Epilogue
- Chronology and the Kings of Dynastic Egypt
- The Royal Cemeteries
- Guide to Further Reading
- Sources of Images
- Index
Defender of the Frontiers
Defender of the Frontiers
- Chapter:
- (p.129) 13 Defender of the Frontiers
- Source:
- Monarchs of the Nile
- Author(s):
Aidan Dodson
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
This chapter focuses on the reign of Rameses III, perhaps the last truly great pharaoh. Though external conflict would mar the first several years of his reign Rameses III would later go on to start a major building program, supplemented by another of tree planting and a consolidation of law and order. His internment would mark the end of an era in Egyptian history. Although the royal line was to continue, the vitality of the New Kingdom was all but spent, and never again would Egypt occupy such a lofty position on the world stage as it had done under the Thutmosides and earlier Ramesides.
Keywords: Rameses III, Twentieth Dynasty, New Kingdom, Sethnakhte, Libya, pharaoh, Egypt
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Maps
-
1 The Land and its People -
2 The Egyptian Monarchy -
3 The Founders -
4 The First Pyramid Builders -
5 The Openers of the Ways -
6 Collapse and Recovery -
7 The Seizers of the Two Lands -
8 The Liberators -
9 The Queen and the Conqueror -
10 The Kings of the Sun -
11 The Power and the Glory -
12 The Feud of the Ramesides -
13 Defender of the Frontiers -
14 Of Kings and Priests -
15 The Rise and Fall of the Libyan Pharaohs -
16 The Other Egypt -
17 The Dimming Glory -
18 Native Sunset - Epilogue
- Chronology and the Kings of Dynastic Egypt
- The Royal Cemeteries
- Guide to Further Reading
- Sources of Images
- Index