2a+-+Metuhotep+I

By: Christina Quaglia
 * Mentuhotep I **

__ **Birth Name** __: Mentuhotep ("Montu is Content") __** Throne Name **__: Nebhetepre ("Pleased is the Lord Re") **__ Kingdom Age __**: Middle Kingdom **__ Dynasty __**: 11th **__Years (birth-death):__** 2060 - 2010 BC, **__ Buried __**: at Rock-cut tomb in Thebes **__ Predecessor __**: Father, Inyotef III **__ Successor __**: Son, Mentuhotep III

**__ Facts: __** Fingerson, R."Mentuhotep." 2003-2004, Web. 18 Oct 2009. 
 * first Theban king who can rightfully claim to be ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt.
 * reigned 51 years
 * First king of the Middle Kingdom
 * conquered Assiut, Middle Egypt, and Herakleopolis
 * after he eliminated the rival dynasties, he was reunited the regions of Egypt
 * built many temples to Montu-the principal god of Thebes who was a war god.
 * built huge funerary and mortuary complex at Deir el-Bahari
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