Egypt under Seti I

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Egypt under Seti I was the New Kingdom pharaonic state ruled by Pharaoh Seti I, marked by military campaigns in the Levant and extensive temple-building that helped restore Egyptian power after the Amarna period.

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Label Occurrences
Egypt under Seti I canonical 1
reign of Seti I 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
phase of the New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
administrativeCenter Thebes ⓘ
burialPlaceOfRuler KV17 (tomb of Seti I) ⓘ
linked to: KV17
capital Memphis ⓘ
conflict campaigns against Shasu nomads ⓘ
campaigns against the Hittite sphere of influence ⓘ
campaigns in Canaan ⓘ
campaigns in Libya ⓘ
campaigns in Syria ⓘ
country Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culturalFeature elaborate royal reliefs and inscriptions ⓘ
historical battle scenes on temple walls ⓘ
dynasty Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
economicActivity expansion of agricultural estates tied to temples ⓘ
state-sponsored temple endowments ⓘ
endTime c. 1279 BCE ⓘ
era Late Bronze Age ⓘ
followedBy Egypt under Ramesses II ⓘ
follows Egypt under Horemheb ⓘ
post-Amarna restoration period ⓘ
foreignRelations contacts with Libyan groups ⓘ
contacts with Nubia ⓘ
interaction with Canaanite city-states ⓘ
rivalry with the Hittite Empire ⓘ
goal stabilization and consolidation of the restored Egyptian state ⓘ
governmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
headOfState Seti I ⓘ
knownFor extensive temple-building program ⓘ
military campaigns in the Levant ⓘ
restoration of Egyptian power after the Amarna period ⓘ
majorConstruction Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak ⓘ
Osireion at Abydos ⓘ
linked to: Osireion

Temple of Seti I at Abydos ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Seti I

restoration of damaged temples from the Amarna period ⓘ
temple works at Luxor ⓘ
militaryObjective reassert Egyptian control over Canaanite city-states ⓘ
restore Egyptian prestige in Asia ⓘ
secure Egyptian frontiers in the Levant ⓘ
officialLanguage Egyptian language ⓘ
partOf New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
policy reaffirmation of Amun priesthood ⓘ
reinscription and repair of earlier royal monuments ⓘ
religious restoration of traditional cults ⓘ
precededByEvent Amarna religious reforms ⓘ
religion Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
royalNecropolis Valley of the Kings ⓘ
royalResidence Thebes ⓘ
ruler Seti I ⓘ
startTime c. 1290 BCE ⓘ
writingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Egyptian–Hittite wars → mainBelligerent → Egypt under Seti I ⓘ
Menmaatre → timePeriod → reign of Seti I ⓘ
linked to: Egypt under Seti I