Celtic Field: small, square or rectancular field, used to produce wheat or spelt. In spite of their name, Celtic Fields have little to do with the Celts: they were in use from the Early Bronze Age until the Roman period.…
"Laodice" (mid-third century BCE): Seleucid princess, wife of king Mithridates II of Pontus.Relatives
Father: Antiochus II Theos
Mother: Laodice I
Husband: Mithridates II of Pontus
Children: Laodice III; another Laodice; Mithridates III of Pontus (?)
Main deeds
In 245, Laodice I and her son Seleucus II…
Eleventh Dynasty: name of the first kings of Egypt's "Middle Kingdom".General situation
Egypt was, after the demise of the Old Kingdom, divided until it was reunited by the Eleventh Dynasty, which had started as the local dynasty in Thebes.
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THEBES
Eleventh Dynasty
(c.2140-c.2000)
Ninth and Tenth Dynasties
(c.2175-c.2140)
Seventh…
Thirteenth Dynasty: name of the last dynasty of kings of Egypt's "Middle Kingdom".Summary
Sobekhotep V
After the splendor of the Twelfth Dynasty, there…
Fourteenth Dynasty: one of the dynasties of Egypt's Second Intermediary Period, in control of Lower Egypt.Summary
During the Thirteenth Dynasty, Egypt loses control of Nubia, and the residence moves from Itj-tawy (unknown) to Thebes
In the Second Intermediary Period, Lower Egypt is…
Fifteenth Dynasty: one of the dynasties of Egypt's Second Intermediary Period, ials known as the Hyksos Kings.Summary
During the Thirteenth Dynasty, Egypt loses control of Nubia, and the residence moves from Itj-tawy (unknown) to Thebes
In the Second Intermediary Period, Lower Egypt is…
Sixteenth Dynasty: one of the dynasties of Egypt's Second Intermediary Period, in control of Lower Egypt, and subject to the Hyksos.Summary
During the Thirteenth Dynasty, Egypt loses control of Nubia, and the residence moves from Itj-tawy (unknown) to Thebes
In the Second Intermediary…
Seventeenth Dynasty: one of the dynasties of Egypt's Second Intermediary Period, in control of Upper Egypt, and gradually reuniting Egypt.Summary
Statuette of…