Seventh Dynasty of Egypt

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The Seventh Dynasty of Egypt is a possibly legendary and short-lived royal line traditionally placed at the start of the First Intermediate Period, often associated with political fragmentation and uncertainty in ancient Egyptian history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian dynasty
possibly legendary dynasty
short-lived royal line
archaeologicalEvidence none securely identified
associatedWith Memphis
attestedIn Manethonian tradition
later king lists
capital possibly Memphis
certainty possibly fictitious
chronologicalPosition early First Intermediate Period
country Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt
describedAs “seventy kings in seventy days”
duration very short
endTime circa 2173 BCE
fieldOfStudy Egyptology
followedBy Eighth Dynasty of Egypt
follows Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
historicalPeriod post-Old Kingdom Egypt
historicity disputed
languageOfName Ancient Greek
nameInHistoriography Seventh Dynasty of Egypt self-linksurface differs
surface form: Seventh Dynasty
numberOfRulers uncertain
politicalContext central authority weakened
political fragmentation in Egypt
relatedEvent collapse of Old Kingdom central administration
scholarlyConsensus may be a schematic or symbolic dynasty
source Aegyptiaca
surface form: Manetho’s Aegyptiaca
startTime circa 2181 BCE
topicCategory Ancient Egyptian dynasties
traditionalPeriod First Intermediate Period of Egypt

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First Intermediate Period of Egypt hasPart Seventh Dynasty of Egypt
First Intermediate Period of Egypt hasRuler Seventh Dynasty of Egypt
this entity surface form: Seventh Dynasty pharaohs
Seventh Dynasty of Egypt nameInHistoriography Seventh Dynasty of Egypt self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Seventh Dynasty
Eighth Dynasty of Egypt follows Seventh Dynasty of Egypt
Eighth Dynasty of Egypt precededBy Seventh Dynasty of Egypt
House of Teti followedBy Seventh Dynasty of Egypt