THE FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD

2181 -2040 BC

 

 

Dynasties 7 & 8:

 

Wadjkare
Qakare Iby
After the death of Pepi II, the 7th Dynasty was thought to have lasted for 70 days with no real rulers. The 8th Dynasty lasted for about 20 years but very little evidence has been found about the rulers. It seems that local Nobles set themselves up as warlords fighting for power. One royal decree has been found by Wadjkare and a small pyramid of Qakare Iby.

 

Dynasties 9 & 10

 

Meryibre
Khety

Merykare
Kaneferre
Nebkaure
Akhtoy
Meryibre cartouche
bust of Merykare
cartouche of Kaneferre
 
Not clear what this king achieved but thought to have taken over from a very cruel king called Achthoes who was eaten by a crocodile. A warrior king but humane as one record shows him feeding the starving population during famine. Regent of Heracleopolitan Kingdom. identified with a king named Neferkare and prince of Moala, less than 30 km south of Thebes. Ankhtify led a coalition of his own and the Edfu nomes against the Thebans. His name appears in fokelore but no detailed records survive

next


back Previous