That's right kids, the New Kingdom. But that's not today. So most historians agree that the Old Kingdom saw its downfall around 2180 BCE. This is known as the first intermediate period, about 100 years of ancient Egyptian history, which is marked by weakness and turmoil. Some people reckon that they couldn't control the floods, that there was starvation, that there was famine, but for whatever reasons, they're lost in the Nile for about 100 years. And then at the end of those 100 years, new leaders arise. This is called the Middle Kingdom.