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HISTORY 26
Lecture Nine:
The End of the Old Kingdomand the
First Intermediate Period
The Pyramids at Giza(c. 2589 - 2503 BC)
Menkaura (Mycerinus, HorusKakhet, 2532 - 2503 BC)
The Old KingdomDynasties 5 and 6 (2494 -
2181 BC)5th Dynasty (2494 -
2345)
UserkafSahuraNeferirkaraShepseskaraRaneferefNyuserraMenkauhorDjedkaraUnas
6th Dynasty (2345 - 2181)
TetiUserkara (a usurper)Pepy I (Meryra)MerenraPepy II (Neferkara)Nitiqret
Ancient Egypt
Abusir and North Saqqara
Nyuserra (Iny, Horus Setibtawy, 2445 - 2421 BC)
Unas (Horus Wadj-tawy,2375 - 2345 BC)
Unas (Horus Wadj-tawy,2375 - 2345 BC)
Pyramid Texts– Spells for the
afterlife– Osiris Unas
Osiris, God of the Dead
Set Isis and Nephthys
Old Kingdom Administration Developed out of
the organization of the royal house– Tjaty, ‘vizier’– ‘King’s son’ and
‘Royal sandal-bearer’
Hints of complexity– ‘State granary
official’, ‘State treasurer’, and ‘Overseer of the great courts’
Nomes and Nomarchs(Greek, nomos; Egyptian,
sepat)
The Old KingdomDynasties 6 - 8 (2345 - 2160
BC)6th Dynasty (2345 -
2181)
TetiUserkara (a usurper)Pepy I (Meryra)MerenraPepy II (Neferkara)Nitiqret
7th and 8th Dynasties (2181 - 2160)
Numerous kings called Neferkara, presumably in imitation of Pepy II
The Decline of the Old Kingdom
The plot against Pepy I Marriage politics in the royal court
– Ankhnes-meryra (‘King Meryra [Pepy I] lives for her’)
– Khui of Abydos The boy-kings, Merenra and Pepy
II– Growth in the power and influence of
local administrators
The First Intermediate Period
Dynasties 9 and 10 (2160 - 2055 BC)9th and 10th Dynasties:
Herakleopolitan (2160 - 2025)
Khety (Meryibra)Khety (Nebkaura)Khety (Wahkara)Merykara
11th Dynasty: Thebes only (2125 - 2055)
[Mentuhotep I]Intef I (Sehertawy)Intef II (Wahankh)Intef III
(Nakhtnebtepnefer)
Ancient Egypt
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