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Ancient Egypt in the Middle Kingdom (Ancient Egypt: Kings, Queens, and Dynasties, #9)

Ancient Egypt in the Middle Kingdom (Ancient Egypt: Kings, Queens, and Dynasties, #9)

By AJ Carmichael

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Ancient Egypt in the Middle Kingdom (Ancient Egypt: Kings, Queens, and Dynasties, #9)

Length10h 54m

About this audiobook

For more than a century after the collapse of the Old Kingdom, Egypt was a fractured land. Nomarchs ruled like kings, famine haunted the Nile, and rival dynasties fought for legitimacy. Out of this darkness rose Thebes—a provincial town that would transform itself into the crucible of Egypt's renewal. At its heart stood Mentuhotep II, the warrior-king who reunified the Two Lands and redefined what it meant to rule. Ancient Egypt in the Middle Kingdom tells the story of this rebirth in long, vivid strokes. From the war against Herakleopolis to the building of Deir el-Bahri, from the rise of Amun to the integration of local gods into a national theology, the narrative follows how Egypt remade itself after chaos. Kingship itself was reimagined: no longer a distant god enthroned above his people, the pharaoh became a restorer, a fighter, a provider of food and justice, and the living embodiment of maat.

Royalty & Courts

Political Intrigue

Mythological World

Audiobook details

GenreHistory

Length10 hrs 54 mins

Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateSep 25, 2025

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction

9Chapter 7 – Osiris &amp; Afterlife Democratization

2Chapter 1 – Mentuhotep II &amp; Reunification

10Chapter 8: Art &amp; Architecture

3Section 8: The Cult of Amun and Integration of Regional Deities

11Chapter 9: Weak Successors, Late 12th Dynasty

4Chapter 2 – Amenemhat I’s New Capital

12Chapter 10: Prelude to the Hyksos

5Chapter 3 – Rise of Bureaucracy

13Epilogue

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6Chapter 4 – Literature &amp; Wisdom Texts

14About the Author

7Chapter 5 – Expansion into Nubia

15About the Publisher

8Chapter 6 – Trade with the Levant

Series

Ancient Egypt: Kings, Queens, and DynastiesBook 9

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