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The Middle Kingdom

The Middle Kingdom. Do Now. Take out your vocabulary sheets and let’s review the following words: Civil War Famine Cost Benefit Analysis. End of the Old Kingdom. About 2181 B.C. , Egypt fell into civil war Long droughts led to famine Egyptian rulers fought over power. Quote:.

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The Middle Kingdom

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  1. The Middle Kingdom

  2. Do Now • Take out your vocabulary sheets and let’s review the following words: • Civil War • Famine • Cost Benefit Analysis

  3. End of the Old Kingdom • About 2181 B.C. , Egypt fell into civil war • Long droughts led to famine • Egyptian rulers fought over power

  4. 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.”

  5. Analyzing the Quote • Part 1: “One can cross the water [Nile] on foot…”

  6. Analyzing the Quote • This refers to the drought that the Egyptians were experiencing at that time. They could cross the Nile on foot because it was so dried up.

  7. Analyzing the Quote • Part 2: “The land is in sickness…”

  8. Analyzing the Quote • This refers to the fact that because of the long drought, there was a famine. The land is in sickness refers to the fact that there are no crops available.

  9. Analyzing the Quote • Part 3: “One will take up weapons or warfare…a son as an enemy, a brother as a foe.”

  10. Analyzing the Quote • This refers to the civil war that was occurring at the time. A son as an enemy and a brother as a foe refers to how the Egyptians fought one another.

  11. 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

  12. Amenemhet

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

  14. Middle Kingdom Jewelry

  15. Middle Kingdom Jewelry

  16. Egyptian Labyrinth

  17. Egyptian Labyrinth

  18. Wrap up • Why did the Old Kingdom fall? • Describe some of the achievements you have learned about so far in the Middle Kingdom.

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