NMC101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Senusret Ii, Amenemhat Ii, Senusret I
23 Jun 2016
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The end of the ok: 6th dynasty ends (likely) with queen neith iqeret /nitokris follows string of short lived rulers. 7th dynasty: 70 days (manetho)8th dynasty: 46 (turin) or 146 (manetho) years: some scholars: power over n of country only? (capital remains at memphis) Ue nome) show(nominally) all of th: pyramids as economic burdens, land endowment grants to non royal families / Exemption decrees : low rain fall in adjacent areas. 9 10: upper egyptian nomarchs fight for prominence, eventuallyherakleopolis (south of the fayyum) claims kingship. Competition between the nomes/provinces: local governors and generals in the south rise to power, e. g. , ankhtify of moalla. Early dynasty 11: influential family in thebes (ue 4) rule the south, kings named intef (or inyotef , antef found in some books, attacks and counter attacks between local rulers. The chronology is difficult: senwosret iii amenemhat iii (6 years at the very least, but could be longer, amenemhat iii amenemhat iv (2 years)
