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Egypt’s Middle Kingdom
Tides of History
Mentuhotep the Second - The City of Thebes in Upper Egypt
Mentuhotep the second and his predecessors of the eleventh dynasty had ruled from the city of thebes in upper egypt. In part because of its favorable geographical position, Thebes turned out to be a strong base for egypt's new rulers. Mentahotup the second also launched a large scale royal building programme. His mortuary temple at deer el bahi is an absolute masterpiece of innovative construction. It was the largest building constructed in egypt since the old kingdom centuries before. As hearkening back to a past golden age of powerful kings and glorious royal building projects like the pyramids,. Times had changed, and kingship and governmance needed to change as
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