Nov 12, 2009

Salem on History | First Intermediate Period Begins in Egypt

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Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
Categories: Military History, Civilizations, Cultures
Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Empires, Dynasties, Pharaohs
Curriculum: African History, Middle Eastern History, Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
Geographical Location: Egypt
Date: c. 2160

Article abstract: During the First Intermediate Period, the Heracleopolitans controlled Egypt, but power shifted to Thebes in the south during the Eleventh Dynasty.

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Administrative reforms during the late Old Kingdom (c. 2687-c. 2125 b.c.e.) saw the expansion of agriculture in Middle Egypt and the southern Nile Delta, with control of the area and its wealth centered in the region of Meir in northern Middle Egypt. Following the end of the Sixth Dynasty, the Old Kingdom declined rapidly in prestige and power, until the rulers of the Eighth...

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Salem on History | First Intermediate Period Begins in Egypt

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