the podcast history of our world: egypt, episode 11: visual notes
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A PowerPoint collection to companion with Episode 11 of The Podcast History of Our World by Rob MonacoTRANSCRIPT
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by Rob Monaco
Episode 11: The Middle Kingdom J. Marshall 2012
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BCE/CE
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Power in the Old Kingdom
• Djoser, Sneferu, Kufhu: key leaders in the old capital of Memphis
D KS
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Ended in Weakness
Pepi II (age 6 - 100!) = feeble
= low Nile floods = famine
= decentralized into Lower and Upper Egypt
= gave 22 nomarchs (governors)power + greed
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Nomarchs
KING
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First Intermediate Period
• Nemtyemsaf II – Pepi’s son rules only 1 year
• Followed by 17 kings in 20 years = instability and famine
• Oligarchy? (a few nobles) Plutocracy? (the wealthy)
• Weak kings paid favours to nobles
Scenes of starvation
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Nomarch strength:
• Keti dictator of Herakleopolis = strong ruler, but
• Expanded territory• Coup d’etat on king
at Thebes
Coup d-etat = military takeoverde facto = “in reality”
Mmmm, crazy guy,
my favorite
Attack up river
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Intef I “The Great Overlord of Upper Egypt”
Son of Ra =
= 100 yrs civil war (held strong in Thebes against Antifi, another nomarch)
Abu /
king
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Upper Nile Region
Intef II= Humanitarian famine relief Abu /
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Mentuhotep II 2010 BCE(Named after Nubian war god)
His Theban army attacks Herakleopolis and reunifies Egypt, ending civil war.
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Mentuhotep IISolidifies power by replacing
nomarchs with HIS (less powerful) followers.
= Strong centralized government2010-1630 BCE = Middle Kingdom
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• Amenemhat I was Mentuhotep IV’s vizier (king’s right-hand man)
• War with Nubia• But………………………..
How do we know?Record of rebellion suggests assassination
mercenary = soldier for hire
A
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Senusret’s story of Amenemhat:
“Blah, blah, blah; Amenemhat was killed by dirty dogs, blah, blah. I am the rightful king, blah, blah…”
Martyr = somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.
Propaganda = information meant to influence emotions, usually political.
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Senusret III: moved the nomarchs to Thebes
What do you mean my ears
are bigger than Mr. Marshall’s?
Keep your friends close
and your enemies closer.
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Senusret: I am a king who attacks to conquer
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Sobekneferu 1760 BCE
First female “king”
Ends Middle Kingdom
Starts 2nd Intermediate Period
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fin
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Nomarchs
KING