c.2055-1650 B.C. (but see article on ancient Egyptian dates)
In the Middle Kingdom, a feudal period of Egyptian history, ordinary men and women were subject to corvee, but they also achieved some advances; for instance, they could share in funerary procedures previously reserved for the pharaoh or top elite.The Middle Kingdom was composed of part of the 11th Dynasty, the 12th Dynasty, and current scholars add the first half of the 13th Dynasty.
- More on the Middle Kingdom
