HIS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Second Intermediate Period Of Egypt, First Intermediate Period Of Egypt, Hyksos
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What that means: when this collapses, the egyptians are taken by surprise. Old ki(cid:374)gdo(cid:373) is (cid:373)arked (cid:271)(cid:455) su(cid:272)(cid:272)ess after su(cid:272)(cid:272)ess, s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d te(cid:272)h(cid:374)olog(cid:455), p(cid:455)ra(cid:373)ids . Arguments: egyptian history goes from periods of extreme & a series of advances of setbacks but always getting back to that. The reason you have an intermediate period- loss of king- because of invasion of foreign peoples (asiatics) When a king has to put his energy to attacking invasions it can hurt his central power. When the central power is busy doing anything else, the regional power tries to step up for power. Both of these kings seem really unstable, no one can really hold on to power. As (cid:455)ou (cid:373)ight e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)t, if (cid:455)ou are o(cid:374)e of these ki(cid:374)gs, (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)"t like that the other o(cid:374)e e(cid:454)ists. For the egyptians it must have been jarring. King mentuhotep 1: part of a dynasty ruling out of the city of thebes.
