Egyptian Timeline

Circa 2055 BC	Mentuhotep II, king of Thebes in southern Upper Egypt, defeats the rulers of Herakleopolis in Middle Egypt, reuniting the country. The Middle Kingdom begins.
Circa 1985 - 1956 BC	Amenemhat I expands Egyptian territory south into Nubia, begins trade with Asia and the Aegean.
Circa 1956 - 1911	Senusret I founds the temple of Karnak at Thebes.
Circa 1877 - 1870 BC	Senusret II constructs the Faiyum irrigation scheme, a dyke and series of canals to provide water to the Faiyum oasis.
Circa 1650 BC	The royal court established at Lisht in the 12th Dynasty is abandoned and moved to Thebes, beginning the Second Intermediate Period.
Circa 1560 BC	War begins between Thebes and the Asiatic rulers of the Nile Delta.
Circa 1532 - 1528 BC	Conquest of the capital of the Hyksos (Asiatic) kings at Avaris, in the eastern Delta, by Theban king Ahmose. Later reunification of Egypt marks start of New Kingdom.
Circa 1504 - 1492 BC	*Thutmose I begins violent military campaigns that eventually annex Nubia into Egypt.*