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2061 BCE - 2010 BCE: Reign of Mentuhotep II in Egypt, founder of the Middle Kingdom era.
2040 BCE - 1782 BCE: The Middle Kingdom of Egypt.
2010 BCE - 1998 BCE: Reign of Mentuhotep III in Egypt.
1997 BCE - 1991 BCE: Reign of Mentuhotep IV in Egypt.
1991 BCE - 1962 BCE: Amenemhat I creates the first Egyptian standing army.
1991 BCE - 1962 BCE: Reign of Amenemhat I who moves capital of Egypt from Thebes to Itj-tawi (Lisht) in Lower Egypt.
1991 BCE - 1802 BCE: Mysteries of Osiris observed at Abydos during 12th Dynasty of Egypt.
1971 BCE - 1926 BCE: Reign of Senusret I in Egypt who begins construction of Temple of Amun at Karnak.
1929 BCE - 1895 BCE: Reign of Amenemhat II in Egypt.
1897 BCE - 1878 BCE: Reign of Senusret II in Egypt.
1878 BCE - 1860 BCE: Reign of the Warrior-King Senusret III, the most powerful ruler of the Middle Kingdom.
1860 BCE - 1815 BCE: Reign of Amenemhat III in Egypt.
1815 BCE - 1807 BCE: Reign of Amenemhat IV in Egypt.
1807 BCE - 1802 BCE: Reign of the female monarch Sobekneferu in Egypt.
1802 BCE - 1800 BCE: Reign of Sobekhotep I, first king of the 13th Dynasty, in Egypt. The Middle Kingdom declines after him.