Middle Kingdom - 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell

Question

This period began after Mentuhotep II reunified Upper and Lower Egypt and founded the Eleventh dynasty. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this period of Ancient Egyptian history, which came after the First Intermediate Period and ended with the Second Intermediate Period.

ANSWER: Middle Kingdom

[10m] The Middle Kingdom’s Twelfth Dynasty was founded by a pharaoh named for this patron god of Thebes. Akhenaten was originally named for this god, like his father, whose diplomacy is recorded in many of the Amarna letters.

ANSWER: Amun [or Amen or Amon or Amana]

[10h] After regional governors known by this title became practically independent during the First Intermediate Period, Amenemhat I founded a royal army to curb their influence. This title seems to have disappeared during the reign of Senusret III.

ANSWER: nomarchs [or ḥeri tep; prompt on the translation Great Chief; reject “monarchs”]

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Summary


2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley	01/27/2024	Y	3	13.33	67%	67%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell	01/27/2024	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU	01/27/2024	Y	10	9.00	70%	20%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska	01/27/2024	Y	6	18.33	100%	50%	33%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State	01/27/2024	Y	2	15.00	50%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers	01/27/2024	Y	5	16.00	80%	60%	20%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial	01/27/2024	Y	8	12.50	63%	50%	13%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt	01/27/2024	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%

Data


Cornell A	Cornell B	10	10	20
Cornell C	RIT A	10	10	20
RIT B	Binghamton	10	0	10