were often at war with each other. To make the situation worse
             was a penetration of nomadic foreigners into the delta region of the Nile Valley.
             Middle Kingdom: 2061-1784 B.C/Second Intermediate Period 1633-1570
             The accession in 2060 B.C. of Mentuhotep II of Thebes the first pharaoh of the Middle
             Kingdom, ended 90 years of conflict with a dynasty established a Herakleopolis, south of
             Memphis. This strong Eleventh Dynasty ruler restored order in Egypt. He drove the
             Asiatics from the delta and campaigned against the Libyans and nomadic tribes in the Sinai
             and the eastern desert. Trade also expanded to Nubia, Syria and Palestine under his reign.
             Mentuhotep II reigned for 50 years and was buried at Deir el-Bahri. Under the reign of
             Sesostris II (1897-1878 B.C) huge irrigation works were built at the oasis at
             Faiyum. Sesostris III (1878-1843) ex
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