id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8338 First Intermediate Period of Egypt - Wikipedia .html text/html 3913 390 72 Periods and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt The other was at Thebes in Upper Egypt.[4] It is believed that during this time temples were pillaged and violated, artwork was vandalized, and the statues of kings were broken or destroyed as a result of the postulated political chaos.[5] These two kingdoms would eventually come into conflict, leading to the conquest of the north by the Theban kings and the reunification of Egypt under a single ruler, Mentuhotep II, during the second part of the Eleventh Dynasty. His successor, Intef III, completed the conquest of Abydos, moving into Middle Egypt against the Heracleopolitan kings.[22] The first three kings of the Eleventh Dynasty (all named Intef) were, therefore, also the last three kings of the First Intermediate Period and would be succeeded by a line of kings who were all called Mentuhotep. Mentuhotep II, also known as Nebhepetra, would eventually defeat the Heracleopolitan kings around 2033 BC and unify the country to continue the Eleventh Dynasty, bringing Egypt into the Middle Kingdom.[22] Dynasties of ancient Egypt ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8338.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8338.txt