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and geographical restrictions apply. Welcome back to the Egyptian history podcast.

Episode 37, Imperial Projects,

in which Sinusaret the first

must fund his many monumental works

by expanding Egypt's territory and gaining rich resources.

From 1970, From 1972 to 1954 B.C. E. was a hive of building activity.

Egypt was a hive of building activity.

Senusaret the First's construction projects rose steadily over the first decades of its

reign, enhancing the splendour of the king and his ancestors. These monuments, like the Whitechapel of episode 36, have survived in

fragmentary pieces, giving us a sense of the architectural achievements

wrought by his government.

But building projects don't enact themselves.

They need laborers, overseers, architects, scribes and, to manage the thousands of small jobs which lead to great achievements.

In this point, Sinusuret is fortunate to have inherited the legacy of Monte Hotep the second, whose reforms of the State

Administration had really provided the groundwork for many of the 12th Dynasty's architectural achievements.

Thanks to Monte Hoteb and his fellow 11th

dynasty rulers, Sinusaret was blessed with a power structure that was totally

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