History

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"Celtic Fields"

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.…

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"Immortals"

Immortals: Greek name for an elite regiment in the ancient Achaemenid empire. Immortal (Susa) In his description of the battle of Thermopylae…

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"Laodice"

"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…

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11th Dynasty (Upper Egypt)

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. MEMPHIS HERACLEOPOLIS THEBES           Eleventh Dynasty (c.2140-c.2000) Ninth and Tenth Dynasties (c.2175-c.2140)   Seventh…

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12th Dynasty

Twelfth Dynasty: name of the main dynasty of kings of Egypt's "Middle Kingdom".Summary Senusret I After a crisis in the Eleventh Dynasty, king…

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13th Dynasty

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…

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14th Dynasty (Lower Egypt)

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…

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15th Dynasty (Hyksos)

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…

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16th Dynasty (Lower Egypt)

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…

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