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Page 1: Do Now  How did Hatshepsut come to power? What were some of the achievements of Hatshepsut? What made her rule significant?  Take out your vocabulary

THE MIDDLE KINGDOM

Page 2: Do Now  How did Hatshepsut come to power? What were some of the achievements of Hatshepsut? What made her rule significant?  Take out your vocabulary

Do Now

How did Hatshepsut come to power? What were some of the achievements of Hatshepsut? What made her rule significant?

Take out your vocabulary sheets and define the

following words:

1. Civil War2. Famine3. Cost Benefit Analysis

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End of the Old Kingdom

About 2181 B.C. , Egypt fell into civil war

Long droughts led to famine Egyptian rulers fought over power

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Quote:

A scribe named Neferti described these

troubled times:

“One can cross the water [Nile] on foot…The

land is in sickness…One will take up weapons or

warfare…as son as an enemy, a brother as a

foe.”

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Middle Kingdom

Egypt reunited in about 2040 B.C. Dynasty 12 was the high point of the

period Began with the rule of Amenemhet Conquered northern Nubia Set up forts for protection

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Amenemhet

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Achievements

More irrigation canals Temples and pyramids to honor dead Art and literature Finest jewelry ever in Egypt

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Middle Kingdom Jewelry

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Middle Kingdom Jewelry

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Wrap up

Describe some of the achievements you have learned about so far in the Middle Kingdom.