MIDDLE KINGDOM

TYPES OF GOVERNMENT

• Monarchy
• Dynasty; family of rulers
• Dictatorship

LEADERS

• Mentuhotep
• Senusret the third
• Mentuhotep the third

MENTUHOTEP

• Ruled around 2050 BCE
• Ruled; 51 years
• First pharaoh; middle kindom

MENTUHOTEP III

• Ruled; 12 years
• Ruled; between 1957 1945 BC
• Married; queen Imi

PHARAOH SENUSRET III

• powerful leader
• Ruled; 1878-1839 BC

PHARAOH SENUSRET III

• Nickname; battle King
• Led people in battle
• Relationship; Bad

PHARAOH MENTUHOTEP III

• Succeeded father
• Sent expedition
• Responsible for; building projects
• Relationship; great

SOCIETY ORGANIZATION

• Society; hierarchy
• Top; pharaohs and kings
• Middle; nobles, scribes, craftspeople
• Bottom; slaves, farmers
• Had to take on different jobs
• Complex; growing, take on different jobs

CULTURE

• Known for; literature, famous story; “Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailer”
• Life & culture; hard, war between Egypt and Hyskos

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• “Ancient Egypt.” Ducksters Educational Site, www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_egypt/middle_kingdom.php. Burstein, Stanley M., and Richard Shek. World History. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2008. Mark, Joshua J. “Middle Kingdom of Egypt.” Ancient History Encyclopedia, Ancient History Encyclopedia, 8 Dec. 2019, www.ancient.eu/Middle_Kingdom_of_Egypt/. Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentuhotep_III?scrlybrkr=85eb83ce.