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'''Ahmose I''', also spelt Amosis I, from the Egyptian iaHms, or "[[Iah]] is born". An Egyptian [[Pharaoh]], and founder of the [[18th Dynasty]], who completed the reunification of [[Egypt]] and the expulsion of the [[Hyksos]], ending the [[Second Intermediate period]], and beginning the [[New Kingdom]].  

'''Ahmose I''', also spelt Amosis I, from the Egyptian iaHms, or "[[Iah]] is born". An Egyptian [[Pharaoh]], and founder of the [[18th Dynasty]], who completed the reunification of [[Egypt]] and the expulsion of the [[Hyksos]], ending the [[Second Intermediate period]], and beginning the [[New Kingdom]].  

His reign is estimated to have been around 25 years, with approximate dates been c.1550 - 1500 BC, during which time he ended the [[Hyksos]] occupation, united the nobility, and laid the foundations for the period of Egypt's greatest period as a empire, and [[Bronze Age]] super-power, securing strategic sites in Nubia and the Levant.  

His reign is estimated to have been around 25 years, with approximate dates been c.1550 - 1500 BC, during which time he ended the [[Hyksos]] occupation, united the nobility, and laid the foundations for the period of Egypt's greatest period as an empire, and [[Bronze Age]] super-power, securing strategic sites in Nubia and the Levant.  

The [[archaeology|archaeological]] record shows him to also have been a great builder, active through the country and deep into Nubia, and constructing the last royal [[pyramid]] complex, located in [[Abydos]].

The [[archaeology|archaeological]] record shows him to also have been a great builder, active through the country and deep into Nubia, and constructing the last royal [[pyramid]] complex, located in [[Abydos]].

== Post Re-unification ==

== Post Re-unification ==

Following the Hyksos expulsion, Ahmose pressed southward into [[Nubia]], where local chiefs had sided with the Hyksos as part of a an earlier Hyksos initiative to defeat the 17th Dynasty Upper Egyptian state by forcing the rulers to fight on two fronts simultaneously. The exact order of events here is unclear, and it is possible Ahmose was forced to do just this, as (possibly) at the same time his armies also advanced out into the [[Levant]], engaging in three year siege of [[Sharuhen]], which was ultimately captured. The Nubian campaign was also successful.

Following the Hyksos expulsion, Ahmose pressed southward into [[Nubia]], where local chiefs had sided with the Hyksos as part of an earlier Hyksos initiative to defeat the 17th Dynasty Upper Egyptian state by forcing the rulers to fight on two fronts simultaneously. The exact order of events here is unclear, and it is possible Ahmose was forced to do just this, as (possibly) at the same time his armies also advanced out into the [[Levant]], engaging in three-year siege of [[Sharuhen]], which was ultimately captured. The Nubian campaign was also successful.

Possibly immediately following this, two dissident groups emerge, one under [[Aata]], in the south, and possibly again a Nubian, and an Egyptian group led by a dissident named [[Tetian]], whom Bourriau argues may well have been leading a group of northern minor Princes, who had served the Hyksos and now feared for their position. Ahmose son of Ebana writes tellingly of the seriousness with which Ahmose regarded this rebellion:

Possibly immediately following this, two dissident groups emerge, one under [[Aata]], in the south, and possibly again a Nubian, and an Egyptian group led by a dissident named [[Tetian]], whom Bourriau argues may well have been leading a group of northern minor Princes, who had served the Hyksos and now feared for their position. Ahmose son of Ebana writes tellingly of the seriousness with which Ahmose regarded this rebellion: