The uniquely realistic statues of the third pharaoh of this name depict him as an angry old man with oversized ears. For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this name of three Twelfth Dynasty pharaohs. Herodotus gave this name’s Greek equivalent to a pharaoh who supposedly erected genitalia-topped columns to mock the cities he conquered in Asia Minor and Thrace.
ANSWER: Senusret [or Sesostris; or Senwosret; accept Senusret I or Senusret II or Senusret III]
[10m] To support his Sesostris story, Herodotus cited an inscription in the Karabel pass that actually celebrates a ruler from Arzawa, a vassal state of these people. The possible historic Priam, Piyama-Radu, led revolts against these people.
ANSWER: Hittites [accept Hittite Empire]
[10e] Senusret III led at least four campaigns against this region immediately to Egypt’s south along the Nile valley. In later times, the kingdom of Kush ruled this region from Meroë (“MAIR-oh-ee”)
ANSWER: Nubia [or Nobīn or an-Nūba; accept Upper Nubia; accept Lower Nubia; accept Triakontaschoinos or Dodekaschoinos; prompt on Sudan or Bilād as-sūdān; reject “Upper Egypt” or “Lower Egypt”]
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