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Reunification: The Middle Kingdom

On the timeline · around c. 2055 BCE · Reunification: The Middle Kingdom2,250 BCE2,200 BCE2,150 BCE2,100 BCE2,050 BCE2,000 BCE1,950 BCE1,900 BCE1,850 BCE

What happened

The Theban king Mentuhotep II defeated his rivals at Herakleopolis and reunified Upper and Lower Egypt, making Thebes the capital and inaugurating the Middle Kingdom. Later Egyptians praised him as a 'second Menes.'

Why it matters

The Middle Kingdom is regarded as Egypt's classical age — a period of stability that produced some of its greatest literature and art.

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