Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Humambo hwepakati hweEgypt hwakamuka apo Mentuhotep II weEleventh Dynasty akabatanidza Egypt zvakare pakati pa2041 na2016 BC achitanga nekukunda kwake kweGumi Dynasty muna 2041 BC. Kuvaka mapiramidhi kwakatangazve, kutengeserana kwemigwagwa mirefu kwakatangazve, uye muzinda wesimba wakabva kuMemphis uchienda kuThebes. Kubatana nenharaunda dzokumaodzanyemba dzeKush, Wawat neIrthet paCataract yechipiri kwakasimbiswa. Ipapo kwakauya
Nguva yeChipiri yePakati, nokupinda kwevaHikso nengoro dzaidhonzwa nemabhiza uye kushandisa zvombo zvendarira, unyanzvi hwakanga husati hwamboonekwa muIjipiti. Ngoro dzaidhonzwa nemabhiza nokukurumidza dzakapararira kumadokero muSahara isingagarwi nevanhu neNorth Africa. VaHicksos vakakundikana kubata nharaunda dzavo dzeEgipita uye vakanyura munzanga yeEgipita. Ikoku pakupedzisira kwakatungamirira kune chimwe chezvikamu zvine simba zvikurusa zveEgipita, Umambo Hutsva (1,580<unk>1,080 BC), neDzinza reGumi Nesere. Egipita yakava simba guru rinodzora Nubia neJudhea nepo ichishandisa pesvedzero yezvamatongerwe enyika pavaRibhiya kumadokero uye paMediterranean.