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	AllRefer.com - Middle Kingdom (Chinese And Taiwanese History) - Encyclopedia
		Middle Kingdom or Middle Country, Mandarin Zhongguo, Chinese name for China.
		The Chou people, unaware of high civilizations in the West, believed their empire occupied the middle of the earth, surrounded by barbarians.
		The term Middle Kingdom is also used for the XII dynasty of ancient Egypt (see The Old and Middle Kingdoms under Egypt).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MiddleKi.html (212 words)

	SCA - Midrealm
		The Midrealm, being the third oldest kingdom (of eighteen) in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA).
		Properly known as the Middle Kingdom, it consists of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, part of Kentucky, a nip of Iowa, and a bit of Ontario.
		In the wake of the devastation by hurricane Katrina to the Kingdom of Meridies, The Kingdom Seneschals of the Knowne World are coordinating relief efforts in their various Kingdoms.
	www.midrealm.org (155 words)

	China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It literally means "middle (or center) land," referring to the supposed position of China at the centre of the known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states.
		Meanwhile, the disorganized and potentially corrupt ROC government of the Kuomintang fled to Taiwan, where it continued to be recognized as the legitimate government of all China by the Western bloc and the United Nations until the 1970s, when most nations and the UN switched recognition to the PRC.
		The United Kingdom and Portugal transferred their colonies of Hong Kong and Macau on the southern Chinese coast to the PRC in 1997 and 1999, respectively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/China (5145 words)

	Middle Kingdom
		During the Middle Kingdom, it was decided that everyone could join the after life and could build tombs to proved for their future life.
		It is believed that during the Middle Kingdom Joseph came to Egypt.
		The Middle Kingdom lasted until around 1800 BC when the 2nd Intermediate Period of Egypt began.
	www.mindspring.com /~sherriscorner/middle.htm (396 words)

	Early (Old and Middle Kingdom) Egyptians (DBA I/2ab) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Following the Middle Kingdom, there was an intermediate period in which weak 14th, 16th and 17th Dynasty kings ruled a fragmented Egypt, co-existing with the15th Dynasty of the Asiatic Hyksos rulers, who controlled large portions of Northern Egypt after 1645 BC.
		Middle Kingdom chariots were primarily missile platforms, often held in reserve to be unleased in the pursuit.
		Osprey's Ancient Armies of the Middle East, with illustrations by Angus MacBride, lightly touches on Egypt of the Old and Middle Kingdom period.
	www.fanaticus.org /dba/armies/I2 (826 words)

	Pharaonic eras_middle kingdom
		The middle kingdom was a period of revival of the Egyptian character.
		The kings of the eleventh dynasty were able to exert control over the land and located their capital in IST-TAWY (near modern El-LISHT) The kings of the twelfth dynasty promoted the economic and political development ;Egyptian trade flourished, and an elaborate irrigation system was again established.
		Unfortunately, this revival was followed by the ultimate downfall of the central government and the country fell into the hands of foreign rulers.
	www.emuseum.gov.eg /era_middle.html (119 words)

	TIME Asia: China's Next Cultural Revolution \| Thriving in the Middle Kingdom
		The country's next cultural revolution may be sparked by the establishment of a middle class, a capitalist class, populated—in a cruel irony—by the children of those whose lives were ruined by the first precisely because they were capitalists.
		Around the globe, the existence of a broad and stable middle class is one of the hallmarks of an advanced economy, one of the anchors of a prosperous and fair society.
		To see how far the new middle class has come so quickly, and why many of its members might find their rise strangely disorienting, you need only visit their parents—a generation still coping with the excesses of the first cultural revolution.
	www.time.com /time/asia/features/china_cul_rev/middle_class.html (1866 words)

	Old and Middle Kingdom Egyptians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Following the Middle Kingdom, there was an intermediate period in which weak 14th, 16th and 17th Dynasty kinglets ruled a fragmented Egypt, co-existing with the15th Dynasty of the Asiatic Hyksos rulers, who controlled large portions of Egypt.
		Egyptians of the Old and Middle Kingdoms could find themselves engaged in Civil War (#2), guarding the Nubian border (#3), encroaching upon the Early Libyans (#4a) and Early Syrians (#4b), and resisting the influx of the Hyksos (#8a).
		The Old & Middle Kingdom Egyptian army was comprised of spear and bowmen, each recruited from three different classes: Shemsu (retainers), Ahauty (warriors) and Nome (conscripts).
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/armies/dba2.html (377 words)

	The Middle Kingdom: 2040-1640 BC
		This was a major threat to the monarchy; in fact, one king, Amenemhet I, seems to have been murdered by a conspiracy among local governors.
		Only well into the Middle Kingdom period did a king, Sesostris III, finally break the local governors and return the monarchy to its previous power.
		If you migrated to Egypt, you did not become an Egyptian, but became a "sojourner" or "foreigner." The life of a foreigner in Egypt and elsewhere occupied a range of possibilities: sometimes foreigners had fewer privileges and rights, but more often they were allowed to form their own communities with their own leaders and laws.
	www.wsu.edu /~dee/EGYPT/MIDDLE.HTM (371 words)

	Egypt: Kahun, Middle Kingdom Workers' Village
		Beautiful Middle Kingdom period jewelry was found south of the pyramid, in the tomb of Princess Sithathor-iunet.
		Mastabas and graves dating from the Middle Kingdom through to Roman times lie in the neighborhood of this pyramid.
		The first, is the acropolis, perhaps intended for the king himself, the second, the east quarter, with large mansions centered around a court, and consisting of as many as 70 or 80 rooms, the west quarter of smaller uniform dwellings each with 4 to 12 rooms.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/kahun.htm (1245 words)

	Middle Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Middle Kingdom is considered to have started with Nebhepetre Mentuhotep I uniting all of Egypt.
		However, expeditions were sent during some phases of the Middle Kingdom to push the borders of Egypt outward.
		The close of the Middle Kingdom is sketchy.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/egypt/history/periods/middle_kingdom.html (363 words)

	Bibliography of the Middle Kingdom
		The Relations between Egypt and Palestine in the Middle Kingdom as Reflected by Contemporary Canaanite Scarabs.
		A Papyrus of the Late Middle Kingdom in the Brooklyn Museum.
		The Rise and Fall of the Middle Kingdom in Thebes.
	www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk /bibliomk.html (1161 words)

	The Middle Kingdom of Egypt
		The XII Dynasty, the height of the Middle Kingdom, is one of the classic periods of Egyptian history.
		Not as spectacular as the previous Old Kingdom or the later New Kingdom, the kings did not build colossal pyramids as in the former period or carry out impressive military campaigns and conquests as in the latter.
		We also have the earliest surviving secular Egyptian literature from the Middle Kingdom, as the language of the period, Middle Egyptian, became the literary language for the rest of Egyptian history.
	www.friesian.com /notes/midking.htm (2534 words)

	Oil, the Middle East and the Middle Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		China is seeking to secure its access to Middle Eastern oil by concluding exclusive supply and equity deals and by expanding its political influence in the region.
		Middle Eastern energy producers, meanwhile, are looking to China as an alternative to unchallenged US hegemony in the region.
		This also would entail drawing China into discussions with key Middle Eastern countries and other parties about developing effective security arrangements for a region undergoing massive shifts in its internal balance of power.
	www.brook.edu /views/op-ed/fleverett/20050816.htm (818 words)

	Shattered Crystal Main Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Barony is based in the Belleville area of Illinois, and is a part of the Middle Kingdom in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), an international non-profit educational society, which is dedicated to the research and recreation of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
		Midlands Region of the Middle Kingdom, the third oldest Kingdom in the SCA.
		Within the Middle Kingdom, we are bordered to the North by the Shire of Sword Cliffe, to the South by the Shire of Far Reaches, and, to the East by the College of St. Carol on the Moor.
	www.shatteredcrystal.org (314 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		His successors Mentuhope III and Mentuhope IV continued to rule from Thebes, maintaining the strength of the Eleventh Dynasty, building and expanding their kingdom until Amenemhat, a minister during the Eleventh Dynasty, assumed the throne and founded the Twelfth Dynasty (1991-1786BC).
		Al Fayoum became the capital of the Middle Kingdom during the reign of Amenemhat's son Senusert I. His successors Amenemhat II and Senusert III built the last pyramids in Lahun, Lisht and Hawara.
		During this long period provincial governors or nomarchs began to vie for power and threaten the Pharaonic authority and it is said that the power of the nomarchs was gradually eliminated.
	www.arab.net /egypt/et_middlekingdom.htm (195 words)

	Egypt: Middle Kingdom Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		2160 was the country reunified by the nomarch of Thebes and the Middle Kingdom established.
		The Middle Kingdom is also noted for being the "golden age" of Egyptian literature.
		Unlike the Old Kingdom, when only royalty could look forward to eternal life, in the Middle Kingdom all could expect life after death, if they were judged worthy.
	www.portergaud.edu /cmcarver/egymksum.html (697 words)

	Middle Kingdom Egyptian Art - History for Kids!
		With the collapse of the Old Kingdom about 2160 BC, there was also a big change in art styles.
		The carved reliefs of the Old Kingdom continue, still with the background all carved away.
		Another scene from the tomb of Ti But the subject matter is different: in the Middle Kingdom instead of Pharaohs crushing their enemies, you get quiet scenes from daily life.
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/egypt/art/middleart.htm (337 words)

	History of Egyptian Religion IV, First intermediate - Middle Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The powers that built the solar temples of the 5th dynasty and the pyramids of the 6th dynasty weakened towards the end of the Old Kingdom, perhaps as a result of eroding economics, leaving the King less than divine.
		When the Old Kingdom collapsed and ordinary man could no longer rely on the state and the divinity of the king, they began to look elsewhere for security in life and ways to immortality.
		In later days this myth tells of him as a king who ruled Egypt at an early period, who brought civilisation and agriculture to the people before he was brutally murdered by his brother Seth and later ressurected by his spouse the faithful Isis.
	www.philae.nu /PerAnkh/histrelig4.html (1458 words)

	Midrealm Calendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Middle Kingdom Heraldic and Scribal Symposium (MKHSS) {Baile na Scolairi} [Bloomington, IL] -
		Events cannot be placed on the Kingdom Calendar or in the Pale if scheduled for a date already reserved by a group within a 100-mile radius, unless the group hosting the event previously scheduled gives permission.
		If permission is refused and the difference in audience appeal is not clear cut, the Kingdom Seneschal will make the final ruling in the conflict.
	www.midrealm.org /midrealm_calendar.phtml (546 words)

	Middle Kingdom Midrealm Coursing College and Event Calendar
		The first coursing event in the SCA was held at Border Raids in 1993 by the Middle Kingdom's own Baron/Master Beowulf Gordan as an AandS project.
		The Midrealm Coursing College was established in the Middle Kingdom shortly thereafter in 1993, during the reign of Jafar al-Safa and Catherine de la Rose.
		The Middle Kingdom Coursing College wishes to announce the joyous return of Baron Master Beowulf Gordan to the position of Kingdom Houndmaster of the Huntly Pack, pending the approval of the Minister of Arts and Sciences.
	www.geocities.com /midrealmcoursingcollege (155 words)

	SCA Basics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Each kingdom is ruled by a King and Queen who gain their position by right of arms in a crown tournament.
		In general, the levels of kingdom, principalities, etc. are determined by the number of sustaining members in the holding.
		Kingdoms need 400 members; principalities need 100; baronies need 25; other holdings like shires, cantons, ridings, colleges, strongholds and ports require only 5 (enough for the higher offices).
	www.zscgeek.com /stdavids/Basics/index.html (433 words)

	Middle Kingdom Ministry of Protocol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kingdom law dictates those awards and order that will allow the use of letters and it should be pointed out that not all awards convey this privilege.
		By Kingdom Law, once a Companion of this order has been elevated to the Order of the Chivalry, they may no longer style themselves as Sergeants of the Order, but may still be addressed as Companions of the Order.
		By Kingdom Law, once a Companion of this order has been elevated to the Order of the Chivalry, they may no longer style themselves as Lieutenants of the Order, but may still be addressed as Companions of the Order.
	members.aol.com /thorvaldr/awards.html (4077 words)

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		During the Old Kingdom, the power of the pharoah is absolute.
		It ends with the Middle Kingdom in 1786.
		Queen Hatshepsut is one of the rulers of the XVIII Dynasty.
	eawc.evansville.edu /chronology/egpage.htm (682 words)

	SCA Geography
		If you are trying to determine in which kingdom your state/province/country is located, here are the kingdoms listed in order (roughly) from west to east, and north to south.
		Lists current rulers and heirs of all SCA Principalities and Kingdoms, and Royalty throughout the history of the SCA.
		An annotated history of the West Kingdom, with lots of photos, a history of local groups, a Western who's who, and works of Western artisans.
	www.sca.org /geography/welcome.html (420 words)

	Refinements of the Middle Kingdom (from art and architecture, Egyptian) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Innovation, decline, and revival in the New Kingdom
		Changes in funerary practices during the Middle Kingdom led to a reduction in the number of sculptures.
		More results on "Refinements of the Middle Kingdom (from art and architecture, Egyptian)" when you join.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-59899?tocId=59899 (733 words)

	Dynasties - The Middle Kingdom
		The Middle Kingdom begins with the reunification of the country under Mentuhotep I who ousted the kings of Herakleopolis.
		It was during this period that the written language was regularised in its classical form of Middle Egyptian.
		The Middle Kingdom fell because of the weakness of its later kings, which lead to Egypt being invaded by an Asiatic, desert people called the Hyksos.
	www.eyelid.co.uk /dynasty2.htm (854 words)

	Middle Kingdom Orders and Awards
		The Middle Kingdom, the third kingdom of the Society for Creative Anachronism, was founded in A.S. The arms of the kingdom are Argent, a pale gules, overall a dragon passant vert, in chief an ancient crown Or within a laurel wreath proper.
		Great Officers of the kingdom who receive a Grant are permitted to use a dragon crest in displaying their arms.
		In the Middle, the Order exists for the purpose of encouraging chivalrous and courteous behavior among all members of the Society.
	www.pbm.com /~lindahl/jessa/middle.html (1684 words)

	The Middle Kingdom (from Egypt, ancient) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The complex contained some of the earliest known depictions of Amon-Re, the dynastic god of the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom.
		More results on "The Middle Kingdom (from Egypt, ancient)" when you join.
		The stage was set during World War I, when Great Britain and France, with the assent of Russia, laid out their colonial claims to the Ottoman Empire in the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-22304 (865 words)

	SCA Kingdom and Principality Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kingdom of Meridies, and Principality of Gleann Abhann (TI #112)
		Kingdom of An Tir, and Principalities of the Summits, Avacal and Tir Righ (TI #118)
		Kingdom of Northshield (originally part of the Middle Kingdom article)
	www.pbm.com /~lindahl/jessa/kingdoms.html (172 words)

	SCA - Kingdom/Principality Arms/Colors, Popular 'Use' Badge, and Queen's/Princess'/Consort's Rose/Flower
		This project was started by Duchess Emma FitzWilliam, OP (aka Talitha von Kopke), completed by Hirsch von Henford, OL, OP, with a lot of help by the various folk who actually donated images of the armory.
		According to the Sumptuary Traditions/Laws of the Kingdom of Atenveldt, anyone who holds an award from the now closed Principality of the Sun has the right to bear this ensign if they so desire.
		Notes: This is registered as the 'war banner', but reliable sources note that this is used as the Kingdom 'use' badge as well.
	www.goldenstag.net /MiscSCA/KingdomColors.htm (2963 words)

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