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The 40 pages that link to Middle Kingdom of Egypt, each with the reason it gives.

• Ancient EgyptBroader topic: Its reunification followed political fragmentation and reshaped royal culture.

• Old Kingdom of EgyptRelated: Its rulers restored central government after the Old Kingdom’s decline and fragmentation.

• Ma'atRelated: Middle Kingdom writings develop political and ethical ideas closely associated with Ma'at.

• KarnakRelated: The earliest substantial temple building at Karnak dates to the Middle Kingdom.

• Egyptian royal titularyRelated: Its rulers inherited and adapted titulary traditions after periods of political division.

• Ancient Egyptian funerary practicesRelated: Funerary texts and access to afterlife protections broadened beyond the royal tomb.

• Rhind Mathematical PapyrusRelated: The papyrus’s stated source reaches back to a mathematical text from this period.

• Coffin TextsRelated: Most Coffin Texts manuscripts come from this period's burials.

• Ancient Egyptian kingshipBroader topic: Its rulers renewed central authority while presenting kingship as responsible governance.

• Ancient Egyptian literatureNarrower topic: Many works later treated as literary classics were composed or copied in this period.

• First Intermediate Period of EgyptNarrower topic: The reunification at the period’s end inaugurated this renewed phase.

• NomarchBroader topic: Middle Kingdom rulers curtailed the political independence of powerful provincial families.

• Second Intermediate Period of EgyptNarrower topic: Its decline and loss of central authority set the conditions for later fragmentation.

• Twelfth Dynasty of EgyptNarrower topic: The Twelfth Dynasty was a central ruling house within this broader historical period.

• Ancient Egyptian administrationBroader topic: Middle Kingdom rulers strengthened state institutions after political fragmentation.

• Deir el-BahariNarrower topic: Mentuhotep II's temple belongs to the era that established the site's earliest major royal monument.

• Mentuhotep IIBroader topic: Mentuhotep II’s reunification is conventionally treated as its beginning.

• Eleventh Dynasty of EgyptNarrower topic: Mentuhotep II’s reunification established the political era associated with the dynasty’s achievement.

• Theban TriadRelated: Thebes gained political importance during this era, strengthening the standing of its local god Amun.

• Amenemhat INarrower topic: Amenemhat’s reign inaugurated the dynasty conventionally associated with this period.

• Beni HasanRelated: Many of Beni Hasan's tombs date to this period of renewed centralized rule.

• Edwin Smith PapyrusRelated: Linguistic features of the text have been associated with an earlier Middle Kingdom composition.

• Egyptian mathematicsNarrower topic: Several major mathematical manuscripts preserve traditions associated with this era.

• HieraticBroader topic: Hieratic became a principal medium for literary and administrative texts.

• Nile tradeBroader topic: Egyptian expansion into Nubia strengthened control over southern trade routes and resources.

• Herakleopolis MagnaNarrower topic: The city’s loss of dynastic prominence accompanied the restoration of centralized kingship.

• Senusret INarrower topic: Senusret’s reign belongs to this period of political reunification and royal expansion.

• Senusret IIINarrower topic: Senusret III’s rule belongs to the Middle Kingdom’s Twelfth Dynasty.

• Amenemhat IIINarrower topic: His long reign came near the height of this period.

• Canopic jarNarrower topic: Jar forms and funerary practices changed substantially across this era.

• Sixth Dynasty of EgyptCompared with: Its reunification contrasts with the fragmentation that followed the Sixth Dynasty.

• Ninth Dynasty of EgyptCompared with: Its reunification marks the political order that displaced regional dynasties like Herakleopolis.

• Senusret IINarrower topic: His reign belongs to the Middle Kingdom’s mature phase.

• Neferhotep INarrower topic: Neferhotep’s dynasty inherited institutions and traditions shaped during this earlier era.

• Pepi II NeferkareRelated: Its reunification followed the fragmentation that came after Pepi II’s dynasty.

• Tenth Dynasty of EgyptNarrower topic: The dynasty’s defeat preceded the reunification that began this era.

• SobekNarrower topic: Sobek gained particular prominence in royal religion during this era.

• Story of SinuheNarrower topic: The story belongs to the Middle Kingdom’s literary and political world.

• Minya GovernorateRelated: Beni Hasan’s tombs document provincial life during this period.

• The Maxims of PtahhotepRelated: The surviving manuscript tradition dates from this period, long after the text’s claimed setting.