Mentuhotep I
Middle kingdom King Nebhepetre Mentuhotep reunited Egypt after nearly 150 years Mentuhotep’s family had been the local princes of Thebes,the area now occupied by Luxor in Upper Egypt. By taking Lower Egypt, Mentuhotep started the Eleventh Dynasty and the Middle Kingdom.
Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II
Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II, reunited Egypt in the Middle Kingdom, becoming the founder of the Middle Kingdom. During his reign, he built an innovative tomb that included a terraced temple with an atrium set against the barren cliffs of Western Thebes. The temple was decorated with scenes carved and painted in brilliant colors. Mentuhotep II was regarded by later generations of Egyptians as one of their greatest kings and we know that his tomb was still in use during 19th Dynasty, more than seven centuries after the king died, some of the reliefs were restored. The temple was later demolished in an earthquake and was mostly buried by sand and rocks from the cliffs above.
Mentuhotep III
Mentuhotep III of the Eleventh…show more content… How free they were throughout history is unknown, but there are documents which seem to imply that many of them lived in a state similar to that of the serfdom known in the European Middle Ages. Slaves, not as utterly without rights as they often were in other slave-owning societies, were relatively few in numbers, and it is debatable whether they should be looked on as a different social class. Other commoners, be they farmers or artisans, were their own masters, possessing homes and land, buying and selling belongings and produce as they saw fit. They employed servants and workers and were at times even masters of slaves, but most people worked at least to a certain extent under some kind of supervision by scribal officials belonging to some estate, temple, or state
