Patronizing can mean giving support to or being a customer of, suggesting that the condescending sense implies superiority gained through a donor-dependent relationship. The verb condescend used to be free of any hint of the offensive superiority it usually
The First King of Ancient Egypt's Ptolemaic Dynasty. by Jimmy Dunn. In the ancient world, there is no surprise that military men often became rulers. These men, most of whom rose through the military ranks, usually had considerable administrative skills and had proved themselves to be leaders.
Acts of the Middle Kingdom Pharaohs: Mentuhotep II made military campaigns in Nubia, which Egypt had lost by the 1st Intermediate Period. So did Senusret I under whom Buhen became Egypt's southern border.Mentuhotep III was the first Middle Kingdom ruler to send an expedition to Punt for incense.ates of the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. Running from the end of the first intermediate period to the start of the second, the Middle Kingdom lasted from about 2055-1650 B.C.