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105. Military expansion north and south, and the end of the Feudal Age

Palestine and in Nubia. He conquered the territory of Nubia as far south as the Second Cataract (see. map, p. 36), and thus added two hundred miles of river to the kingdom of Egypt.  Here he erected strong frontier fortresses against the Nubian tribes, and these fortresses still stand. The enlightened rule of the Pharaohs of the Feudal Age did much to prepare the way for Egyptian leadership in the early world. Three of these kings bore the name Sesostris,” which became one of the great and illustrious names in Egyptian history. But not long after 1800 B.C. the power of the Pharaohs of the Feudal Age suddenly declined and their line disappeared.