Middle Kingdom (before C. 1648 BC)
Evidence of Middle Kingdom contacts (external map here) reaches southward to Nubia, in particular Buhen and Kerma. Nubians also lived in ancient Egypt in this period.
Eastward contacts are represented by objects and motific works of ancient Egypt found in the Near East, including modern Anatolia and Byblos and those ancient regions around Canaan and Syria. Some kings of Byblos have been found buried with Egyptian items.
Westward, evidence of contact with Libya is generally limited to military expeditions.
Northward, evidence of contact with the Aegean includes Minoan relics found in Egypt.
Read more about this topic: Foreign Contacts Of Ancient Egypt
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