HIST 1024 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ramesses Ii, Tutankhamun, Ramesses Iii

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Second millennium egypt: middle kingdom 2040-1730 b. c, second intermediate period, 1730-1550 b. c, new kingdom, 1550-1080 b. c. First intermediate period: 2181-2040 b. c, powerful family in herakleopolis, south of memphis, this family holds south, provides stability, and promotes egyptian literature, new family in thebes as competitors, 2150. Middle kingdom: 2040-1730 b. c, theban family in control, significant kings: mentuhotep ii, amenemhet i, elevation of god amon, administrative capital it-tawy, religious capital- thebes g, period of commercial and cultural imperialism i. Middle kingdom: changes in religious and social attitudes: decline in emphasis on material wealth, shift towards social action, dawn of social consciousness, emphasis on ma"at, democratization of next world. Collapse of middle kingdom: external threats, hyksos move into egypt. Second intermediate period: the hyksos: by 1730 the hyksos in power, new elements of war, a barbaric domination, egypt subject to foreigners, thebes still holding some power, theban dynasty expels hyksos at 1550 b. c.

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