That's a bummer, Stan. I want it to be the Middle Earth. How awesome would that be? Like, right in the middle of Egyptian history, there were hobbits. So, the Middle Kingdom, which apparently had no hobbits, restored pharaonic rule in 2040 BCE, but with some distinct changes. First, the new rulers were outsiders from downriver in Nubia. Second, they fostered a new pantheon of gods, the star of which was Amun, which means hidden.