The next chapter is about The Middle Kingdom. The Middle Kingdom was approximately between the time period of 2055 – 1650 BC. The Middle Kingdom is also known as The Period of Reunification. This time is divided into two periods, The First Intermediate Period and The Second Intermediate Period. The First Intermediate Period is defined as the dark age. It’s identified as the dark age because of political conflict within the kingdom. This occurred after the fall of the central government and led to disorder and chaos. Causing Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt lawless and ununited. As time went by, Mentuhotep II of Thebes ruled and combined both Upper and Lower Egypt together allowing the country to work as one. After the death of Mentuhotep II of Thebes, the throne is taken over by his son Mentuhotep III of Thebes. Mentuhotep III of Thebes didn’t rule long because his father, Mentuhotep II of Thebes, ruled for a bit over 50 years. So, throughout the 13 years Mentuhotep III of Thebes ruled he accomplished to “explore to Punt, another name for God’s Land, and innovate new architecture.” The architect assembled a temple made by mudbrick located in Thoth Hill in Western Thebes. This temple was special because it was dedicated to Montu Ra or Ra, The Sun God and later war God. When Mentuhotep III passed away, the throne turned to three other rulers until Amenemhet III took power in 1844 BC. Amenemhet III “constructed Labyrinth at Hawara in Egypt.” When Amenemhet III died in 1797 BC that was the beginning of the fall of the 12th Dynasty, the last dynasty of the Middle Kingdom. The decline of the dynasty caused Egypt to have an unsteady political structure. This became the perfect time for the Hyksos, people from the Dynasty of Palestinian, to conquered Northern Egypt. This was the end of The Middle Kingdom and the start of the New Kingdom of Egypt.