sentences:  With the rise of the 12th Dynasty, the powers of Minya rulers were forcibly reduced by the Pharaoh Amenemhat II (1929–1895 BC).By the end of the 12th dynasty, the role and the power of the rulers of Minya were functionally eliminated.During the Second Intermediate Period, Minya with the rest of Lower and Middle Egypt fell under the control of the Hyksos.