This post is a collection of facts about the First Intermediate Period of Egypt (c. 2181 - 2055 BC). There are 10 facts listed below. Source:
Wikipedia
- Preceded by the Old Kingdom
- Seventh Dynasty - Eleventh Dynasty
- Political chaos and destruction of cultural artifacts
- According to Manetho, 70 kings ruled for 70 days
- Akhthoes founded Ninth Dynasty and was described as evil
- Ankhtifi and other warlords dominated the South
- Intef was the nomarch of Thebes and possibly began the Theban line of kings
- Rule divided between Thebes (Upper Egypt) and Heracleopolis (Lower Egypt)
- Theban kings reunified Egypt under Mentuhotep II during the Eleventh Dynasty
- Followed by the Middle Kingdom