Middle Kingdom of Egypt (Many Wonderful Things)

The Middle Kingdom of Egypt, also known as the Third Age in Egypt, or less commonly the Period of Reunification was an era of Egyptian history roughly between 1900 and 1550 BC, encompassing the period between the collapse of the Old Kingdom until the second reunification of Egypt under the 18th Dynasty. After the end of the 12th Dynasty in c.1700 BC, a large period of chaos and foreign invasions occurred in which the Hyksos (or Amalekites) conquered much of Egypt around Avaris (or Goshen).

This period is also known as the Third Age by its placement in history, roughly corresponding to the period after the call of Arbaham in 1923 BC until the Exodus from Egypt in 1495 BC. It is these dynasties that are first referenced in Hebrew scriptures, including Pharaohs that interacted with Abram, Jacob, and Joseph. It was thus this period that Egypt first interacted heavily with outside civilizations, which ultimately led to its downfall by the Amalekites.