Visual Timeline: First Intermediate Period of Egypt

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2181 BCE - 2040 BCE: First Intermediate Period in Egypt.
 
2125 BCE: Rise of Intef I (The Great) of Thebes in Egypt.
 
 
2115 BCE: Mentuhotep I of Thebes makes war on the kings of Herakleopolis, Egypt.
 
 
2112 BCE - 2063 BCE: Reign of Wahankh Intef II, King of Upper and Lower Egypt, from Thebes. Raises first monument at Karnak site.
 
 
2063 BCE: Reign of Nakhtnebtepnefer Intef III at Thebes, Egypt.
 
 
2061 BCE - 2010 BCE: Reign of Mentuhotep II of Thebes who unites Egypt under central rule and initiates the period of the Middle Kingdom.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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