The Middle Kingdom

By Lauren Welch
  • Period: 2061 BCE to 2010 BCE

    Reign of Mentuhotep III

  • 1991 BCE

    Amenemhat I creates the first Egyptian standing army.

  • 1991 BCE

    Mysteries of Osiris observed at Abydos

  • 1971 BCE

    Reign of Senusret I who begins construction of Temple of Amun at Karnak.

  • 1797 BCE

    Death of Amenemhat III