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The 37 pages that link to Thebes, each with the reason it gives.

• New Kingdom of EgyptRelated: Thebes was a royal center and the principal home of Amun’s powerful cult.

• AmunRelated: The city’s rise helped transform Amun from a local god into a state deity.

• Middle Kingdom of EgyptRelated: The city was the power base of the dynasty that reunified Egypt.

• KarnakNarrower topic: Karnak formed the northern sacred center of ancient Thebes.

• Nile ValleyBroader topic: Thebes shows how powerful urban centers arose within the river corridor.

• Valley of the KingsRelated: The nearby capital and royal cult center made its western cliffs a fitting burial landscape.

• MemphisCompared with: Thebes rivaled Memphis as a capital as political power shifted south.

• Assyrian conquest of EgyptRelated: Its sack in 663 BCE demonstrates the reach and violence of the later campaigns.

• Deir el-MedinaNarrower topic: Deir el-Medina belonged to Thebes’s west-bank religious and funerary landscape.

• Merneptah SteleRelated: The stele’s Karnak setting lay within the ancient city of Thebes.

• Upper EgyptBroader topic: Thebes was a leading center of Upper Egyptian power and worship.

• Luxor TempleNarrower topic: Luxor Temple formed part of Thebes’ sacred landscape alongside Karnak.

• SaisCompared with: Thebes’s southern location and Amun cult contrasted with Sais’s Delta setting and devotion to Neith.

• Third Intermediate Period of EgyptRelated: It remained a center of priestly power even when the royal court ruled elsewhere.

• First Intermediate Period of EgyptRelated: Its rulers expanded northward and ultimately reunited the country.

• Second Intermediate Period of EgyptRelated: Thebes was the base of the southern dynasty opposing the Hyksos.

• Medinet HabuNarrower topic: Medinet Habu stood on Thebes’ west bank, among royal and funerary monuments.

• Psamtik IBroader topic: Bringing Thebes under his authority extended Psamtik’s rule beyond the Delta.

• Theban NecropolisNarrower topic: The necropolis served the city across the river.

• AtenRelated: The powerful Amun cult at Thebes formed the religious setting Akhenaten left behind.

• Eleventh Dynasty of EgyptRelated: The city served as the dynasty’s power base and royal center.

• Theban TriadNarrower topic: The triad’s chief cult center and the source of its name.

• Amenhotep IIIRelated: His principal temples and mortuary monuments transformed Thebes’ west bank.

• Seventeenth Dynasty of EgyptRelated: The city was the dynasty’s seat of power in Upper Egypt.

• Twenty-second Dynasty of EgyptRelated: The dynasty had to accommodate powerful institutions and rulers based in this southern city.

• KamoseRelated: The city was the base of Kamose’s royal power.

• Seqenenre TaoRelated: The city was Seqenenre’s political center and the base of resistance to Hyksos rule.

• TanisCompared with: Thebes remained a major religious center while Tanis served as a northern royal seat.

• Herakleopolis MagnaCompared with: Thebes was Herakleopolis’s chief political rival during the struggle for reunification.

• Twenty-third Dynasty of EgyptBroader topic: The city became a major power base for the dynasty’s Upper Egyptian rulers.

• KashtaRelated: Kashta’s influence reached Thebes, linking Kushite authority with Egypt’s leading southern city.

• Nectanebo IIRelated: Nectanebo’s retreat southward after the invasion is associated with Upper Egypt.

• Luxor GovernorateNarrower topic: The governorate contains the principal remains of this ancient capital.

• Neferhotep IRelated: Thebes was a principal center of power during the fragmented era in which Neferhotep ruled.

• SenenmutNarrower topic: Senenmut’s career and monuments were centered in the Theban region.

• Else Lasker-SchülerRelated: Her imagined prince Jussuf of Thebes draws on the city's evocative historical name.

• Sixteenth Dynasty of EgyptRelated: The Sixteenth Dynasty is traditionally located at Thebes.