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  2. Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. List of historical capitals of Egypt - Wikipedia

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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)

  4. Dynasties of ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. List of ancient Egyptian towns and cities - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Category:Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    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)

  7. Second Intermediate Period of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    The Hyksos established their own dynasty in Egypt, the 15th Dynasty (c.1650 to 1550 BC). [1]: 123 The first king of the 15th Dynasty, Salitis, described as a Hyksos (ḥḳꜣw-ḫꜣswt, a "shepherd" according to Africanus), led his people into an occupation of the Nile Delta area and settled his capital at Avaris.

  8. List of pharaohs - Wikipedia

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    The second Hellenistic dynasty, the Ptolemies, ruled Egypt from 305 BCE until Egypt became a province of Rome in 30 BCE (whenever two dates overlap, that means there was a co-regency). The most famous member of this dynasty was Cleopatra VII, in modern times known simply as Cleopatra , who was successively the consort of Julius Caesar and ...

  9. Turin Papyrus Map - Wikipedia

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    The Turin Papyrus Map is an ancient Egyptian map, generally considered the oldest surviving map of topographical interest from the ancient world.It is drawn on a papyrus reportedly discovered at Deir el-Medina in Thebes, collected by Bernardino Drovetti (known as Napoleon's Proconsul) in Egypt sometime before 1824 and now preserved in Turin's Museo Egizio.