Ancient Egypt

For this unit, I wrote a research report about this big Question: "Who was Ramses and why is he a good Builder and  Military leader?"

My report is down there:

Ramses The Second

The Ancient Egypt were alive for more than 100 decades. Leaders that ruled Egypt had decision to make and the peasants farmed. But, the most interesting fact of  Ancient Egypt was the Ramses the Second. He was a good leader and builder he is a leader that lived a very long time through battles, sadness, and finally happiness. Ramses is a great structure builder, a good military leader, and especially an amazing family member.

He was born in 1304 B.C. , his father was the Seti 1, his mother was Tuya. He served as a co regent, when he was still young. Even though he is a military leader and a good builder, he has more than one wife and he fathered more than 100 kids (Brier, 2013). The unexpected thing is that Ramses lived so long that Merenptah became a pharaoh (Grolier Online, 2013). Now here comes the sad part, He died when he was 92 years. He was buried in the sections that was called the Valleys of the Kings. Sometimes his tomb would get robbed because of the richness hidden in it (Ramses 2: The powerful Ruler, 2013).

Ramses was also the best architect in that time, and basically he was the one who designed the buildings, that’s why the Ancient Egypt was so beautiful. On the west bank of the Nile river he carved two giant temples into the sides of the a mountain. At their feet there were smaller carves that was Ramses Royal Family, that was the first structure that he made. The second one, is a temple with four carvings of him and three other Nefertari.  But that is not all, later he built a temple which includes courtyards, statues, and pylons. Some of the decorations were scenes from the wars with the Hittites, that was the third structure (Ramses 2: The powerful Ruler, 2013).

Ramses also participated in many battles and most of the battles took place in Syria and Nubia which is in the South of Egypt. The conflicts that they mostly faced were with the Hittites which are people from Asia Minor or present day Turkey ( Brier,2013). After the Egyptians lost victory with the Hittites, they eventually made a treaty, they agreed to support and respect each other. After, Ramses kidnapped a daughter of the Hittites king and made her to be his wife. This battle could never been forgotten and is still known today (Ramses 2: The powerful Ruler, 2013)

In conclusion, Ramses had been a great builder man and a great military leader. All his work has been seen by many men and women in that time, but too bad we can’t see it, only the ruins. His family is a  big long snake with hundreds of kids and more than one wife. His battles will never be forgotten and the Egyptians lost a war with the Hittites but that was only one time. Hope you learn more about the Egyptians.

Bibliography

"Ramses II (1304–1212 B.C.)."  The New Book of Knowledge. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 4 Dec. 2013.

"Ramses II: A Powerful Ruler." Ancient Egypt. Expert Space, 2013. Web. 24 Nov. 2013.