What is Middle Kingdom of Egypt?
The '''Middle Kingdom''' is the period in the history of [[ancient Egypt]] stretching from the establishment of the Eleventh [[Dynasty]] to the end of the Fourteenth Dynasty, roughly between 2030 BC and 1640 BC. The period had two phases, the 11th Dynasty, which ruled from [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]] and the 12th and the following dynasties which revolved around [[el-Lisht]]. These two dynasties were originally considered to be the full extent of this unified kingdom, but historians now <ref>Gae Callender,<cite> The Middle Kingdom Renasissance</cite> in <cite>The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt</cite>, Oxford, 2000</ref> consider the 13th Dynasty to at least partially belong to the Middle Kingdom. == Notes & references == === References === <references /> === Further reading === * W. Grajetzki, <cite>The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt: History,Archaeology and Society</cite>, Duckworth, London 2006 {{ISBN|0-7156-3435-6}} {{history-stub}} [[Category:3rd millennium BC in Egypt]] [[Category:2nd millennium BC in Egypt]] [[he:היסטוריה של מצרים העתיקה]]