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The 22 pages that link to Second Intermediate Period of Egypt, each with the reason it gives.

• New Kingdom of EgyptNarrower topic: The struggle against Hyksos rule set the conditions for reunification and renewed expansion.

• Egyptian chronologyBroader topic: Its overlapping rulers and limited records complicate its duration and sequence.

• Middle Kingdom of EgyptCompared with: Its political fragmentation contrasts with the Middle Kingdom’s centralized rule.

• Eighteenth Dynasty of EgyptNarrower topic: The dynasty’s founders rose from the conflict that ended this period.

• HyksosNarrower topic: The Hyksos rose to power during this era of divided rule.

• Ahmose INarrower topic: Its fragmented rule set the political problem Ahmose’s reunification resolved.

• Egyptian king listsRelated: Its competing dynasties and rulers complicate the neat succession implied by lists.

• AvarisNarrower topic: Avaris became a capital during this era of divided rule.

• Coffin TextsRelated: Coffin Texts continued to be copied and used during this era.

• NomarchBroader topic: Political division again made regional authority and local power consequential.

• Twelfth Dynasty of EgyptRelated: The dynasty’s decline preceded the political fragmentation that followed the Middle Kingdom.

• Seventeenth Dynasty of EgyptNarrower topic: The dynasty ruled during this era of fragmented Egyptian authority.

• Edwin Smith PapyrusRelated: The surviving copy’s approximate date falls near this era.

• KamoseNarrower topic: Kamose ruled during the contest between Thebes and the Hyksos.

• Seqenenre TaoNarrower topic: Seqenenre ruled during this era of competing dynasties and divided territory.

• Thirteenth Dynasty of EgyptNarrower topic: The Thirteenth Dynasty’s decline formed part of this broader era of fragmentation.

• Fourteenth Dynasty of EgyptNarrower topic: The dynasty belongs to this era of competing regional powers.

• Fifteenth Dynasty of EgyptNarrower topic: The dynasty emerged during this era of divided rule and weakening central authority.

• Amenhotep INarrower topic: Its fragmentation and foreign rule formed the background to the dynasty’s reunification efforts.

• Neferhotep INarrower topic: Neferhotep I reigned amid the shifting power centers that define this period.

• SheshiNarrower topic: Sheshi’s reign belongs to this era of competing dynasties and uncertain chronology.

• Sixteenth Dynasty of EgyptNarrower topic: The dynasty belongs to this era of divided rule.