Ancient Egypt Middle Kingdom of Egypt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Middle_Kingdom_of_Egypt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Kingdom_of_Egypt https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191324 The period in the history of ancient Egypt following a period of political division known as the First Intermediate Period. The Middle Kingdom lasted from approximately 2050 to 1710 BCE, stretching from the reunification of Egypt under the reign of Mentuhotep II in the Eleventh Dynasty to the end of the Twelfth Dynasty. The kings of the Eleventh Dynasty ruled from Thebes and the kings of the Twelfth Dynasty ruled from el-Lisht.