Provides an overview of the leadership, economics, funerary practices, and individual rights during the Middle Kingdom.

Offers a tracing depicting the funerary stele of the priest Rom and his polio-affected foot.

Details the dynasty begun by Intef and Mentuhotep. Also details the autonomy of local villages and cities, and the migration of foreigners.

Chronicles the advances in monumental architecture for purposes other than royal funerary tombs. Also describes XII Dynasty pyramid complexes.