Pharaohs: Rise & Fall

A powerful military leader unites the lands we know as Egypt and assumes the title of Pharaoh; exploring how he maintains this position of power; what tools does he use to build a system that will last 3,000 years?

Egypt is divided; local rulers called nomarchs vie for power, but only one will rise up to restore the kingdom and usher in a new era for the pharaohs; using literature, military might and conquest, the pharaoh and his forebears regain power.

As foreign invaders are driven out of Egypt, a warrior king takes his place on the throne; in the age of the New Kingdom, powerful royal women step into the spotlight and the empire expands beyond its borders.

For thousands of years, the pharaohs have adhered to the same traditions and rituals; one pharaoh steps in to change the rules of the game; what happens when a king challenges the very institutions that granted him power?

The Ramessides rise to become some of the most powerful pharaohs in Egyptian history; but, a civil war ignited by a power vacuum threatens to destabilize an empire.

Egypt is in decline; its once-powerful pharaohs now rule a client state, subject to a great empire; the last pharaoh of Egypt attempts to outmaneuver her Roman rivals to restore the nation to its former glory.