ARCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Second Intermediate Period Of Egypt, Ramesses Ii, Faiyum Oasis

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Considered to be the classic period of egypt. Mentuhotep ii of thebes defeated the northern dynasty and reunited egypt. Mentuhotep ii also concerned with expanding trade relationships with the middle east. Development of complex irrigation at the faiyum oasis. Successful attempt to increase agricultural production and reliability. Part of a much larger project of development and integration of rural areas an effort towards national unity. Golden age of pyramid building was over. Pyramid building declined in scale and quality. Still faced with limestone, but with mudbrick core. Amenemhet i removed limestone blocks from giza and saqqara for his own pyramid. Interior mazes and traps to discourage looters. near el-lisht. Middle kingdom collapsed during a series of exceptionally high flood years when the. Hyksos rule in lower egypt at avaris. 18th dynasty amenhotep iv (akhenaten) attempted to replace traditional gods with a single god, the sun or aten. (cid:272)ulpture (cid:272)o(cid:373)es fro(cid:373) akhe(cid:374)ate(cid:374)"s destroyed te(cid:373)ple at kar(cid:374)ak, (cid:374)ear the(cid:271)es.

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