During the Second Intermediate Period (1650-1550 BCE) portions of Egypt ended up controlled by Nubians and by the Hyksos, a Semitic people today. In the First Intermediate Period (2181-2055 BCE) and the Middle Kingdom (2055-1650 BCE) outfits for most people today remained the very same, but manner for the higher classes turned additional elaborate. Those serving in the households of the wealthy also started wearing additional refined costume.