Ahmose I, King of Egypt
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Name (Hebrew)
יעחמס ה-1, מלך מצרים
Name (Latin)
Ahmose I, King of Egypt
Other forms of name
Ahmoses I, King of Egypt
Amasis I, King of Egypt
יעחמס הראשון, מלך מצרים
אמוסיס הראשון, מלך מצרים
Date of birth
1500~
Associated country
Egypt
Occupation
Pharaohs
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
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Sources of Information
- Dictionary of African Biography, accessed November 7, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Ahmose, I; government official (Foreign), Egyptian pharaoh, king; born fl.1500 in Egypt; Egyptian pharaoh (reigned 1550-1525 BCE); recognized as the first king of the Eighteenth Dynasty, and the first king of the New Kingdom; eleven years after inheriting his throne, he was determined to reunify Egypt; captured the Palestinian city of Sharuhen (near Gaza) and established a buffer zone that would discourage an eastern invasion; reconfirmed his control over Nubia and suppressed two further insurrections; rewarded the local governors who supported him against the Hyksos; rewarded the god Amen; Memphis continued to serve as the northern administrative center, but Thebes became Egypt's southern and religious capital; purchased the Second Priesthood of Amen for Ahmose-Nefertari; was buried beneath a small pyramid in the Dra Abu el-Naga cemetery; his son Amenhotep I took the throne under the guidance of Ahmose-Nefertari; died in Egypt)
- Studies about Kamose and Ahmose, 1995.
- New Encyc. Brit., c1992(Ahmose I; king of Egypt; reigned c. 1539-14 B.C.; founder of 18th dynasty; succeeded his brother Kamose; also spelled Ahmosis, Greek Amasis)
- Collier's, 1973(Ahmose reigned c. 1574-1550 B.C.)
- Encyc. Amer., c1989(Ahmose; reigned c. 1570-1546 B.C.)