Memphite line of kings

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The Memphite line of kings refers to a succession of pharaohs who ruled from the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, particularly during periods of political fragmentation such as the Eighth Dynasty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf royal dynasty ⓘ
succession of rulers ⓘ
associatedDynasty Eighth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Seventh Dynasty of Egypt (traditional, possibly fictitious) ⓘ
associatedWithCity Memphis ⓘ
associatedWithSite Memphis necropolis region (Saqqara and surroundings) ⓘ
linked to: Saqqara necropolis
capital Memphis ⓘ
centerOfAdministration Memphis ⓘ
characterizedBy competition with regional rulers in other parts of Egypt ⓘ
limited territorial control compared to earlier Old Kingdom pharaohs ⓘ
short and poorly documented reigns ⓘ
chronologicalPosition after the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
before the rise of Herakleopolitan rulers of the Ninth and Tenth Dynasties ⓘ
chronologyApproximate late 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
country Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culturalContinuityWith Old Kingdom royal traditions ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasUncertainMembers several kings with poorly preserved or lost names ⓘ
historicalStatus better known from later textual king lists ⓘ
poorly attested in contemporary archaeological evidence ⓘ
knownFromSource Abydos King List ⓘ
Turin Royal Canon ⓘ
later king lists compiled in the New Kingdom ⓘ
language Egyptian language ⓘ
legitimacyBasis traditional pharaonic kingship ideology ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Egypt ⓘ
notableIssueInScholarship debate over historicity of the Seventh Dynasty ⓘ
uncertain number and order of kings ⓘ
partOf history of ancient Egyptian kingship ⓘ
politicalContext decline of centralized Old Kingdom authority ⓘ
period of political fragmentation in Egypt ⓘ
predecessorPolity Memphite Old Kingdom monarchy of the Fourth to Sixth Dynasties ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Memphis and parts of Lower Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Memphite region
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
seatOfPower Memphis royal court ⓘ
linked to: Lord of Memphis
studiedInDiscipline Egyptology ⓘ
successorPolity Herakleopolitan line of kings ⓘ
timePeriod First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
late Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
titleOfRuler King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
pharaoh ⓘ
writingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ

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Eighth Dynasty of Egypt → associatedWith → Memphite line of kings ⓘ
Herakleopolitan dynasties → predecessor → Memphite kings of the Old Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Memphite line of kings