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From Thebes
(2134 - 2040 BC) |
Rulers of this dynasty who
took Thebes
(Luxor) as their capital were contemporaries to the Herakleopolitans
of the 9th
and 10th dynasties. They continue fighting the north from their
side to unite the country until the formation of the Middle
Kingdom.
After this long period of turmoil and disorder, Egypt was divided
into 3 contemporary rules, Asiatics in the northeast Delta, Herakleopolitans
in Middle Egypt and Thebans in Upper Egypt.
Herakleopolitan kings succeeded to drive away Asiatic Bedouins from
the East. In the same time Theban kings gave an eye to Nubians
and tended to defeat them. And because of these 2 efforts Egypt was
again united. Theban kings finally attacked their Herakleopolitan
opponents and that resulted into the fragile unification. |
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