Sixth Dynasty of Egypt

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dynasty period of ancient Egypt royal house

The Sixth Dynasty of Egypt was the final major royal line of the Old Kingdom, marked by long reigns, increasing power of provincial officials, and the gradual decline that led into the First Intermediate Period.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Sixth Dynasty of Egypt canonical	32
6th Dynasty of Egypt	1
Sixth Dynasty	1
Sixth Dynasty of Egypt (overall Old Kingdom sequence)	1
Sixth Dynasty royal family	1
late Sixth Dynasty	1
sixth dynasty of ancient Egypt	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dynasty ⓘ period of ancient Egypt ⓘ royal house ⓘ
administrativeTrend	decentralization of power ⓘ rise of nomarchs (provincial governors) ⓘ
associatedWithOfficial	Harkhuf ⓘ Weni the Elder ⓘ
burialSiteOfKings	Saqqara necropolis ⓘ surface form: Saqqara
capital	Memphis ⓘ
culturalFeature	continuation of pyramid building at Saqqara ⓘ development of autobiographical tomb inscriptions ⓘ
economicTrend	possible strain on royal resources ⓘ
endDate	c. 2181 BC ⓘ
era	Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Old Kingdom
firstRuler	Teti ⓘ
followedBy	First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
follows	Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
foreignRelations	contacts with Byblos ⓘ trade and expeditions to Nubia ⓘ trade and expeditions to Punt ⓘ
governmentForm	absolute monarchy ⓘ
hasMonarch	Merenre Nemtyemsaf I ⓘ Merenre Nemtyemsaf I ⓘ surface form: Merenre Nemtyemsaf II Netjerkare Siptah ⓘ Pepi I Meryre ⓘ Pepi II Neferkare ⓘ Teti ⓘ Userkare ⓘ
historicalInterpretation	period of political fragmentation leading to First Intermediate Period ⓘ
historicalSignificance	final major royal line of the Old Kingdom ⓘ
knownFor	gradual decline of central authority ⓘ increasing power of provincial officials ⓘ long reigns of its kings ⓘ transition toward the First Intermediate Period ⓘ
language	Old Egyptian ⓘ
lastRuler	Netjerkare Siptah ⓘ
locatedIn	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt Lower Egypt ⓘ
notableRuler	Pepi I Meryre ⓘ Pepi II Neferkare ⓘ
partOf	Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
PepiIIReignLength	traditionally about 94 years ⓘ
positionInChronology	Sixth Dynasty of Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: sixth dynasty of ancient Egypt
religion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
sourceOfEvidence	later king lists such as the Abydos King List ⓘ Saqqara necropolis ⓘ surface form: royal pyramids at Saqqara tomb inscriptions of officials ⓘ
startDate	c. 2345 BC ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

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

Old Kingdom of Egypt → rulingDynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Fifth Dynasty of Egypt → followedBy → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Fifth Dynasty of Egypt → succeededBy → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Sixth Dynasty of Egypt → positionInChronology → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: sixth dynasty of ancient Egypt

Pepi II Neferkare → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pepi I Meryre → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pyramid Texts → earliestAttestation → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Memphis, Egypt → associatedWithDynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: 6th Dynasty of Egypt

Pyramid of Teti → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pyramid of Pepi I → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pyramid of Merenre → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pyramid of Pepi II → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pyramid of Pepi II → associatedWith → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sixth Dynasty royal family

Seventh Dynasty of Egypt → follows → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Eighth Dynasty of Egypt → precededBy → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sixth Dynasty of Egypt (overall Old Kingdom sequence)

House of Userkaf → followedBy → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Userkare → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Netjerkare Siptah → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Weni the Elder → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Unas → successorDynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

South Saqqara Stone → chronologicalCoverage → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Harkhuf → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

House of Pepi → partOf → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

House of Pepi → dynastyNumber → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sixth Dynasty

Iput II → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Iput II → chronologicalPosition → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: late Sixth Dynasty

Udjebten → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Giza plateau inscriptions → chronology → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Teti → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Merenre Nemtyemsaf I → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Meryre → associatedDynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Iput I → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Inenek-Inti → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

House of Teti → dynasticNumber → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Ankhesenpepi II → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Ankhesenpepi I → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Neferkare → associatedWithDynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Nubwenet → dynasty → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ