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Wahkare Khety I
- Dynasty
- 9th and 10th Dynasty
- Period
- First Intermediate Period, c. 2200–2040 BC
- Capital at the time
- Memphis, Herakleopolis, Thebes
Wahkare Khety I is listed in the king list under ‘9th and 10th Dynasty’ and so belongs to this period: First Intermediate Period (c. 2200–2040 BC). No exact reign dates have survived.
What is known about Wahkare Khety I
Exact placement uncertain.
From the German Wikipedia list of pharaohs, CC BY-SA 4.0, translated and edited.
The period: First Intermediate Period
Central authority collapses. Nomarchs rule their provinces largely independently. Later the royal houses of Herakleopolis in the north and Thebes in the south struggle for supremacy.
- c. 2180 BC8th Dynasty: many short-reigning kings at Memphis, most of them known only from king lists.
- c. 2140 BCHerakleopolis (9th/10th Dynasties) and Thebes (11th Dynasty) fight for control of the country.
- c. 2100 BCCoffin Texts: spells for the afterlife, once reserved for the king, now also appear on the coffins of officials.
- c. 2080 BCThe ‘Teaching for King Merikare’ presents itself as the advice of a king of this period to his son, a classic of Egyptian wisdom literature.
More about this period: First Intermediate Period
9th and 10th Dynasty: all rulers
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