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Prehistory Archaic
Old Kingdom 1st Intermediate Middle Kingdom
2nd Intermediate New
Kingdom 3rd Intermediate Late Period Ptolemaic
Roman
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| Dynasty 9 to early Dynasty 11 |
Centralized government weakens. Climate becomes more arid so that food shortages occur. Provinces struggle along on their own. Herakleopolis Magna (at Faiyum entrance) in the north and Thebes in the south emerge as main centers of power. |
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