HIST 1A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: First Intermediate Period Of Egypt, Tudigong, Minoan Civilization
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6th dynasty ends ending the old kingdom: invasion from the northeast, increasing power of nobility at expense of pharaohs, 2180 old kingdom ends. The surviving egyptian literature is pessimistic from this period: chaos and starvation, this literature influences all successive egyptian literature. King from city of thebes says he"s master of egypt: ends intermediate period. 11th dynasty: egypt is reunited, royal power is reconsolidated by first pharoh of 12th dynasty. This is the heart of the middle kingdom: changes in religion, conception o f afterlife, average egyptian had no afterlife originally. 10/06/2017: intro to the western world lecture 4. Intermediate periods: invasions from north, someone from thebes unites and pacifies egypt. Egyptians: they worship above all set, they try their best to respect and practice egpytian rulers, some hicksos pharaohs called themselves the suns of ra, egyptians eventually overthrow the hicksos.
