Trung Vuong quoc Ai Cap la mot giai đoan trong lich su cua Ai Cap co đai, ton tai trong thoi gian giua khoang nam 2050 truoc Cong nguyen, va 1700 truoc Cong nguyen, trai dai tu su thong nhat Ai Cap duoi su thuc đay cua Mentuhotep II cua Vuong trieu thu Muoi mot đen su ket thuc cua Vuong trieu thu Muoi Hai. Mot so hoc gia cung bao gom ca Vuong trieu thu Muoi ba vao chung thoi gian nay, va neu trong truong hop đo, Trung Vuong quoc Ai Cap se ket thuc vao khoang nam 1650 truoc Cong nguyen, trong khi nhung nguoi khac chi đua no cho đen thoi đai Vuong trieu cua Pharaon Merneferre Ay khoang nam 1700 truoc Cong nguyen, cuoi cung, vua cua vuong quoc nay đa đuoc chung thuc tai ca hai khu vuc Ai Cap la Thuong Ai Cap va Ha Ai Cap. Trong Trung Vuong quoc, Osiris tro thanh vi than co tam anh huong quan trong nhat trong ton giao cua nguoi Ai Cap.
Thoi ky Trung Vuong quoc Ai Cap nay bao gom hai giai đoan, Vuong trieu thu 11, khi ma thu đo vuong quoc đuoc đat tai Thebes, Ai Cap va tu Vuong trieu thu Muoi hai tro đi, thu đo đa đuoc tap trung tai el-Lisht.


Vuong trieu thu Muoi mot Tuyen bo cua Manetho cho rang Vuong trieu thu 11 gom 16 vi vua, ho đa tri vi 43 nam, mau thuan voi chu khac đuong đai va bang chung cua Danh sach Vua Turin, co bang chung ket hop cho su thiet lap vuong quoc nay bao gom bay vi vua tri vi trong tong cong 143 nam. Tuy nhien, theo loi cua ong rang vuong trieu nay đuoc thanh lap o Thebes, đuoc xac minh boi cac bang chung hien đai. Đo la khoang thoi gian trong suot vuong trieu ma tat ca trong Vuong quoc Ai Cap co đai đa đuoc thong nhat duoi thoi ky Trung Vuong quoc.


Vuong trieu thu Muoi bon Bien gioi chinh xac cua Vuong trieu thu 14 la khong ro do su khan hiem cua di tich con lai tu thoi cua vuong quoc nay. Trong cac nghien cuu cua minh ve Thoi ky Chuyen tiep thu Hai, nha Ai Cap hoc Kim Ryholt đa ket luan rang cac lanh tho đuoc truc tiep kiem soat boi Vuong trieu thu 14, vung lanh tho đo bao gom Chau tho song Nile, voi bien gioi cua no nam o Athribis, phia tay cua chau tho va Bubastis o phia đong.
Con dau do Trieu 14 đa đuoc tim thay o Trung va Thuong Ai Cap, sau đo tim thay o lanh tho cua Vuong trieu 13 va khu vuc phia nam cung nhu Dongola, cataract thu ba. Phia bac, con dau đa đuoc tim thay o mien nam Levant, chu yeu doc theo bo bien Đia Trung Hai va xa ve phia bac Tell Kabri, ngay nay no la Lebanon. Chung cho thay su ton tai cua mot nen thuong nghiep quan trong trong thu Vuong trieu thu 13, bang Canaan, va Nubia. Ryholt cho biet them rang vua Sheshi, nguoi ma ong đa cho rang la mot vua thuoc Vuong trieu thu 14, ket hon voi mot cong chua Nubian, nu hoang Tati, tang cuong quan he voi vuong quoc Kushite.


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