01 Egypt: The Middle Kingdom

Nomes

Subnational administrative divisions within ancient Egypt.

Amenemhat III

Egyptian king who saw a great period of economic prosperity through efficient exploitation of natural resources

Middle Kingdom

Period of unification in Ancient Egyptian history, stretching from the end of the Eleventh Dynasty to the Thirteenth Dynasty, roughly between 2030-1640 BCE.

Senusret III

Warrior-king during the Twelfth Dynasty, who centralized power within Egypt through various military successes.

Sobekneferu

The first known female ruler of Egypt.

Waret

Administrative divisions in Egypt.

Amenemhet I

never held the absolute power commanded, in theory, by the Old Kingdom pharaohs

Statue head of Sensuret III

Statue head of Sensuret III, one of the kings in the Twelfth Dynasty.

Baal

The native storm god of the Hyksos.

Second Intermediate Period

Spanning the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Dynasties, a period of Egyptian history where power was split between the Hyksos and a Theban-based dynasty in Upper Egypt.

Hyksos

An Asiatic people from West Asia who took over the eastern Nile Delta, ending the Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt and initiating the Second Intermediate Period.

Abydos Dynasty

A short-lived local dynasty ruling over parts of Upper Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period in Ancient Egypt.

Fourteenth Dynasty Territory

The area in orange is the territory possibly under control of the Fourteenth Dynasty.

Luxor Temple

Thebes was the capital of many of the Sixteenth Dynasty pharaohs