Twelfth dynasty of Egypt

During the end of the Twelfth Dynasty at the close of the Middle Kingdom, the Hyksos foreigners invaded the Nile River Valley and eventually gained control over the majority of the Egyptian Kingdom. While it is disputed whether the foreigners emerged from Asia or from areas of Palestine, this feat was achieved through superior technology surpassing that of the Egyptians. This caused the Second Intermediate Period, or the time before the New Kingdom and after the Middle during which the Hyksos…

The Predynastic period was a time of huge transition in the years of 3500 BCE. There were political changes and also divides. These years focused on tombs, pottery, paintings, and other pieces of art that also took place in the 3500s. In ancient Egypt many tombs and temples were in different places and were being built with different types of materials. The most common and original tomb type was the mastaba, which is also known as the “bench”. The mastaba is a shape of a rectangle brick or a…

In this essay, I am going to assess and analyze between 3 dynasties, namely, Umayyad, Fatimid and Idrisid. By these meant, to make a comparison between these 3 dynasties in term of political, social and economic and the tension arise between Umayyad and Fatimid and what contributed to their decline – however, this will be focusing more on Fatimid and Idrisid while Umayyad as a background. The emergence of Umayyad was when Uthman was killed by mutinous Egyptian troops, therefore his second…

Uniquely, the story of Sinuhe is an ancient Egyptian poem, a narrative, possibly written circa 1875 BC during the twelfth dynasty, found on a tomb. The Egyptian story has many religious passages throughout. The poem over the course of a couple thousand years being scribed, copied and passed down from generation to generation. Furthermore, being used as a study from ancient times to the present, thus, making The Tale of Sinuhe one of the most read and admired Egyptian poems ever written.…

Religion has been around since the beginning of time, every culture worshipped in different ways whether it was to a god.goddess, or idol. For example the Egyptians, the Vikings, and the Greeks all worshipped gods. However each culture has slightly different beliefs, and different gods. For example the Greeks worshipped “the big twelve” and their children (Minor gods). The Vikings worshipped the Norse gods which include gods that are still used to this day(such as Thor and Loki). Then we have…

Between twelfth and fifteenth centuries there were similarities in culture and types of power due to trade. Starting from the Middle East through West Africa, and China are connected through trades. In the Americas, Mesoamerica and South America, there was systems of tribute and trade within region. Each civilization was brought together in some way, whether it was their beliefs or keeping balance in society. In a way trade ties together the different societies that developed independently in…

model to recreate the daily life of an Egyptian living in ancient times. Szpakowska focuses on the character of a young girl named Hedjerit, who serves as a virtual example of how the stages of adolescence would occur and how the practices of the Twelfth Dynasty would influence her life. Each chapter begins with a short account of what is going on in Hedjerit’s life in relation to what the following chapter will be about.…

Portrait of a Man is from the Fayum region in Egypt. It was painted about 150-200 B.C. It is painted in encaustic on wood, and is a Fayum portrait. The term Fayum portrait is actually derived from a Coptic word meaning “The land of the lake,” which refers to the artificial Lake Qarun. This lake was a project of the kings of the Twelfth Dynasty, and it was this lake that made a desert area of about 100 kilometres into one of the most fertile areas in Egypt. It was such an amazing feat that the…