History Of Egypt Chald A Syria Babylonia And Assyria Volume 2 O
Chapter 5
_THE FIRST THEBAN EMPIRE_
_THE TWO HERACLEOPOLITAN DYNASTIES AND THE TWELFTH DYNASTY--THE CONQUEST OF ETHIOPIA, AND THE MAKING OF GREATER EGYPT BY THE THEBAN KINGS._
_The principality of Heracleopolis: Achthoës-Khîti and the Heracleopolitan dynasties--Supremacy of the great barons: the feudal fortresses, El-Kab and Abydos; ceaseless warfare, the army--Origin of the Theban principality: the principality of Sidt, and the struggles of its lords against the princes of Thebes--The kings of the XIth dynasty and their buildings: the brick pyramids of Abydos and Thebes, and the rude character of early Theban art._
_The XIIth dynasty: Amenemdidît I., his accession, his wars; he shares his throne with his son Usirtasen I., and the practice of a coregnancy prevails among his immediate successors--The relations of Egypt with Asia: the Amû in Egypt and the Egyptians among the Bedouin; the Adventures of Sinûhît--The mining settlements in the Sinaitic peninsula: Sarbût-el-Khddim and its chapel to Hâthor._
_Egyptian policy in the Nile Valley--Nubia becomes part of Egypt: works of the Pharaohs, the gold-mines and citadel of Kubân--Defensive measures at the second cataract: the two fortresses and the Nilometer of Semnêh--The vile Kush and its inhabitants: the wars against Kûsh and their consequences; the gold-mines--Expeditions to Pûanît, and navigation along the coasts of the Bed Sea: the Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor._
_Public works and new buildings--The restoration of the temples of the Delta: Tanis and the sphinxes of Amenemhâît III., Bubastis, Heliopolis, and the temple of Usirtasen I.--The increasing importance of Thebes and Abydos--Heracleopolis and the Fayûm: the monuments of Begig and of Biahmil, the fields and water-system of the Fayûm; preference shown by the Pharaohs for this province--The royal pyramids of Dashdr, Lisht, Ulahûn, and Haiodra._
_The part played by the feudal lords under the XIIth dynasty--History of the princes of Mondît-Khûfûi: Khnûmhotpil, Khîti, Amoni-Amenemhâît--The lords of Thébes, and the accession of the XIIIth dynasty: the Sovkhotpûs and the Nfirhotpûs--Completion of the conquest of Nubia; the XIVth dynasty_.