First Intermediate Period of Egypt

E49654

historical period period of ancient Egypt

The First Intermediate Period of Egypt was a time of political fragmentation, weakened central authority, and regional rivalries between local rulers that separated the Old Kingdom from the Middle Kingdom.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
First Intermediate Period	2
Egyptian First Intermediate Period	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ period of ancient Egypt ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Egyptian First Intermediate Period
capital	Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ Memphis ⓘ Thebes ⓘ
characterizedBy	political fragmentation ⓘ regional rivalries ⓘ rule of local nomarchs ⓘ weak central authority ⓘ
chronologicalPosition	between Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom ⓘ
country	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
endCause	reunification by Mentuhotep II ⓘ
endTime	circa 2055 BCE ⓘ
endWith	reign of Mentuhotep II ⓘ
follows	Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
hasCause	decline of Old Kingdom central administration ⓘ economic difficulties ⓘ possible low Nile floods ⓘ
hasCulturalAspect	development of provincial tomb styles ⓘ local literary and artistic traditions ⓘ
hasEconomicCondition	decline in large-scale pyramid construction ⓘ reduced royal building projects ⓘ
hasHistoriographicalIssue	uncertain chronology of dynasties ⓘ
hasLanguage	Ancient Egyptian ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egyptian language
hasPart	Eighth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ 11th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt Ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ Seventh Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ Tenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
hasRuler	Eighth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Eighth Dynasty pharaohs Ninth Dynasty pharaohs ⓘ Seventh Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Seventh Dynasty pharaohs Tenth Dynasty pharaohs ⓘ early Eleventh Dynasty pharaohs ⓘ
hasSignificantEvent	conflict between Herakleopolis and Thebes ⓘ unification of Egypt under Mentuhotep II ⓘ
knownFor	civil conflict ⓘ division between Herakleopolitan and Theban rulers ⓘ increased local autonomy ⓘ rise of provincial elites ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod	Early Second Millennium BCE ⓘ Third Millennium BCE ⓘ
partOf	history of ancient Egypt ⓘ
precedes	Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
religion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
startTime	circa 2181 BCE ⓘ
studiedIn	Egyptology ⓘ
timeSpanInYears	approximately 120 years ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

First Intermediate Period of Egypt → alsoKnownAs → First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian First Intermediate Period

Coffin Texts → earliestAttestation → First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Old Kingdom of Egypt → followedBy → First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Sixth Dynasty of Egypt → followedBy → First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Middle Kingdom of Egypt → follows → First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Pharaonic Egypt → period → First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Ihnasya al-Madinah (Herakleopolis Magna) → periodOfFlourishing → First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Ihnasya al-Madinah

this entity surface form: First Intermediate Period

Ihnasya al-Madinah (Herakleopolis Magna) → wasCapitalDuring → First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Ihnasya al-Madinah

this entity surface form: First Intermediate Period