43: Dominion Over All

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Society and Death. Around 1872 BCE, King Senuseret III (Kha-Kau-Re) was powerful and secure. The wealthy nobles of the kingdom began to respond to this power... Date c. 1880 - 1870 BCE. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com. Select Bibliography: Janet Richards, Society and Death in Ancient Egypt: Mortuary Landscapes of the Middle Kingdom, 2005 (Google Books Preview). The History Blog, “Met Saves Treasures of Harageh from Auction Sale,” 2014 (Blog post). Original Auction. A. Illin-Tomich, “A Twelfth Dynasty Stela Workshop Possibly from Saqqara,” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology volume 97, 2011 (Academia.edu). Reshafim.org: “The Ikher-nefret Stela,” and “The Loyalist Instruction of Sehetepibre” and “The Teaching of a Man for his Son.” Wolfram Grajetzki, The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, 2006. W.K. Simpson (editor), The Literature of Ancient Egypt, 2003. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The new Samsung Galaxy Z-Flip 5 and Chromebook are better together.
0:07.0	Take hands-free selfies which automatically sync to your Chromebook, ready to edit, and access
0:11.5	recent chrome tabs across both devices.
0:14.0	The new Galaxy Z Flip5 and Chromebook, better together.
0:18.0	Available on Sky Mobile.
0:20.0	Bluetooth and internet connection required.
0:22.0	You must be signed into the same Google account on both
0:23.8	your phone and Chromebook.
0:28.7	Welcome back to the Egyptian history podcast.
0:32.8	Episode 43, Dominion Overall.
0:36.9	In this episode, the reign of King Kark Haoure Senusaret III continues and a literary golden age begins to flourish.
0:45.8	We visit with some rural communities and witness the king's first forays into military
0:51.9	endeavors.
0:55.0	The year is now 1875 B.C.
1:00.0	approximately.
1:02.0	It is the fifth year in the reign of Karkaure Senusaret the third, the fifth ruler of Dynasty 12 and one of Egypt's most famous kings.
1:11.0	In his first few years, Karkaure initiated no less than two major building projects, in the form of a pyramid at Tashur in the north, and a hidden tomb in the south at Abidos. Two lands, two tombs, one king.
1:28.0	While this was going on, the social demographic of Egypt was shifting slightly. Populations were on the move from distant rural communities towards the royal centers at Etchatawi and Lahoon.
1:42.0	Lahoon in particular is quite important for this period.
1:46.0	After Senusaret II decided to build his pyramid there,
1:50.0	the population seems to have increased rapidly. We know this because the cemeteries excavated nearby
1:57.1	show a sudden increase in activity during the 12th dynasty. After a long gap since the end of the Old Kingdom, the site suddenly becomes
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