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Period: 2061 BCE to 2010 BCE
Reign of Mentuhotep III
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1991 BCE
Amenemhat I creates the first Egyptian standing army.
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1991 BCE
Mysteries of Osiris observed at Abydos
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1971 BCE
Reign of Senusret I who begins construction of Temple of Amun at Karnak.
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1797 BCE
Death of Amenemhat III