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Name Time Period Ruling Dynasties Ref. Naqada: c. 3200-3150 BCE Naqada III: Tjenu c. 3150–2686 BCE First Dynasty Second Dynasty [2] Men-nefer c. 2686–2160 BCE c. 720–664 BCE 525–404 BCE 343–332 BCE Third Dynasty Fourth Dynasty Fifth Dynasty Sixth Dynasty Seventh Dynasty Eighth Dynasty Twenty-fifth Dynasty (Kush Empire)
The chronology of the Twelfth Dynasty is the most stable of any period before the New Kingdom.The Turin Royal Canon gives 213 years (1991–1778 BC). Manetho stated that it was based in Thebes, but from contemporary records it is clear that the first king of this dynasty, Amenemhat I, moved its capital to a new city named "Amenemhat-itj-tawy" ("Amenemhat the Seizer of the Two Lands"), more ...
Map of ancient Egypt with town names in hieroglyphs Index of four charts of ancient Egyptian Cities Lower Egypt Upper Egypt part 1 Upper Egypt and part of Nubia Nubia. This is a list of known ancient Egyptian towns and cities. [1] The list is for sites intended for permanent settlement and does not include fortresses and other locations of ...
The first 30 divisions come from the 3rd century BC Egyptian priest Manetho, whose Aegyptaiaca, was probably written for a Greek-speaking Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt but survives only in fragments and summaries. The names of the last two, the short-lived Persian-ruled 31st Dynasty and the longer-lasting Ptolemaic Dynasty, are later coinings.
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa. It was concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River , situated within the contemporary territory of modern-day Egypt .
Largest cities See also Further reading External links 0-9 10th of Ramadan 15th of May 6th of October A Abu El Matamir Abu Hummus Abu Tesht Abu Tig Akhmim Al Khankah Alexandria Arish Ashmoun Aswan Awsim Ain El Sokhna B Badr Baltim Banha Basyoun Biyala Belqas Beni Mazar Beni Suef Beni Ebeid Biba Bilbeis Birket El Sab Borg El Arab Borg El Burullus Bush C Cairo D Dahab Dairut Damanhur Damietta ...
12th; 13th; 14th; 15th; 16th; 17th ... Buildings and structures of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt (1 C, 2 P) P. People of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt (6 C, 6 P)
The 12th Dynasty of Egypt ended in the late 19th century BC with the death of Queen Sobekneferu. [6] She had no heirs, causing the dynasty to come to an abrupt end, and with it, the most prosperous era of the Middle Kingdom; it was succeeded by the much weaker 13th Dynasty.