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The Middle Kingdom

The Middle Kingdom. 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: Civil War Famine Cost Benefit Analysis. End of the Old Kingdom.

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The Middle Kingdom

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  1. The Middle Kingdom

  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 sheets and define 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. 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

  6. Amenemhet

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

  8. Middle Kingdom Jewelry

  9. Middle Kingdom Jewelry

  10. Wrap up • Describe some of the achievements you have learned about so far in the Middle Kingdom.

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