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Middle Kingdom of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (854 words) |
 | The Middle Kingdom is a period in the history of ancient Egypt stretching from the establishment of the Eleventh Dynasty to the end of the Fourteenth Dynasty, roughly between 1991 BC and 1648 BC. |
| In 1962 BC, he was presumably murdered by a royal bodyguard and Senuseret, campaigning against Lybian invaders, rushed home to Itjtawy with haste to prevent a takeover of the government. |
| Senusret's successor Amenemhat II (1929 BC - 1895 BC) made the position of the nomarchs hereditary again (weakening the centralized government though) and established trade connections with Nubia and a war seems to be conducted in the Levant. |
| Ugarit - definition of Ugarit in Encyclopedia (1089 words) |
| During its high culture, from the 16th to the 13th century BC, Ugarit remained in constant touch with Egypt and Cyprus. |
| As an Egyptian sword bearing the name of pharaoh Merneptha was found in the destruction levels, 1230 was taken as date for the beginning of the LH IIIC. |
| Crowning the hill on which the city was built were two main temples: one to Baal the 'king' son of El, and one to Dagon, the underworld chthonic god of fertility and wheat. |
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