La explotación de recursos en los márgenes del Nilo durante el Reino Medio: la Dinastía XII

Abstract

The Nile Valley margins were always one of the aims of the pharaohs,due to the abundance and variety of products they had, ranging from the important mineral resources obtained in the Eastern desert or the Sinai, to the exotica and aromata that came to the country through Nubia. In the times when the egyptian monarchy was weak, these regions were less used, like during the First Intermediate Period. But, after Middle Kingdom reunification, egyptian activity outside the country saw a new boost, quarrying expeditions being documented in almost every known site, and so the egyptian presence in the neighboring regions, such as Kerma, Syria-Palestine or Punt. The nature of the relationship between the egyptians and natives fromthese regions can be glimpsed through the study of the inscriptions and archaeological remains these people left behind them.