Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Pfungwa yeMiddle Kingdom seimwe ye "nguva dzegoridhe" yakatangwa muna 1845 neGerman Egyptologist Baron von Bunsen, uye tsananguro yayo yakashanduka zvakanyanya muzana ramakore rechi19 nerechi20. Dzimwe nyanzvi dzinosanganisirawo Dzinza regumi nematatu reEjipitori zvizere munguva iyi, muchiitiko ichocho Humambo hwepakati hwaizopera munenge muna 1650 BC, nepo vamwe vachingoisanganisira kusvika kuna Merneferre Ay munenge muna 1700 BC, mambo wekupedzisira wedzinza iri kuti apupurirwe muUpper neLower Egypt. Munguva yoUmambo Hwepakati, Osiris akava mwari anokosha zvikurusa murudzidziso rwakakurumbira. Umambo Hwepakati hwakateverwa neNguva yeChipiri yePakati yeIjipiti
, imwe nhambo yokuparadzana iyo yaibatanidza kupinda kwevatorwa munyika nemaHicksos okuWest Asia.