Eighth Dynasty of Egypt

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Egyptian dynasty historical polity

The Eighth Dynasty of Egypt was a short-lived and poorly documented line of pharaohs ruling from Memphis during the politically fragmented First Intermediate Period.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Eighth Dynasty of Egypt canonical	4
Eighth Dynasty pharaohs	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptian dynasty ⓘ historical polity ⓘ
archaeologicalAttestation	very limited ⓘ
associatedWith	Memphite line of kings ⓘ
capital	Memphis ⓘ
chronologicalPosition	early First Intermediate Period dynasty ⓘ
dynastyNumber	8 ⓘ
endTime	c. 2160 BCE ⓘ
era	First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
followedBy	Ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
follows	Seventh Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
governmentForm	monarchy ⓘ
hasLanguage	Egyptian language family ⓘ surface form: Egyptian language
hasPharaoh	Djedkare Shemai ⓘ Merenhor ⓘ Neferirkare Kakai ⓘ surface form: Neferirkare Neferkahor ⓘ Neferkamin ⓘ Neferkamin Anu ⓘ Neferkare II ⓘ Neferkare II ⓘ surface form: Neferkare Khendu Neferkare II ⓘ surface form: Neferkare Neby Neferkare II ⓘ surface form: Neferkare Pepiseneb Neferkare II ⓘ surface form: Neferkare Tereru Neferkahor ⓘ surface form: Neferkauhor Neferkaure ⓘ Nikare ⓘ Qakare Ibi ⓘ
historicalCharacterization	poorly documented ⓘ short-lived ⓘ
includedIn	traditional 30-dynasty system of Manetho ⓘ
locatedIn	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt Lower Egypt ⓘ
partOf	First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
politicalSituation	period of fragmentation and decentralization ⓘ
precededBy	Seventh Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Sixth Dynasty of Egypt (overall Old Kingdom sequence)
precedes	Ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
predecessorPolity	Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
religion	Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
rulingCity	Memphis ⓘ
sourceAttestation	Abydos King List ⓘ Turin Papyrus of Kings ⓘ surface form: Turin King List (fragmentary)
startTime	c. 2181 BCE ⓘ
successorPolity	Ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Herakleopolitan Kingdom (Ninth–Tenth Dynasties)
timePeriod	c. 2181–c. 2160 BCE ⓘ
writingSystem	Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ Hieratic script ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Intermediate Period of Egypt → hasPart → Eighth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

First Intermediate Period of Egypt → hasRuler → Eighth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eighth Dynasty pharaohs

Seventh Dynasty of Egypt → followedBy → Eighth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Ninth Dynasty of Egypt → precededBy → Eighth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

House of Teti → followedBy → Eighth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ