Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 2498 – 2345 BCE

Fifth Dynasty of Egypt

A state of 2498 – 2345 BCE — 153 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It followed Fourth Dynasty of Egypt. It was followed by Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. Its line of rulers holds 9 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
153 years
2498 BCE – 2345 BCE
Rulers
9
the pharaoh

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Fourth Dynasty of Egypt: 2613 BCE – 2498 BCESixth Dynasty of Egypt: 2345 BCE – 2181 BCEFifth Dynasty of Egypt: 2498 BCE – 2345 BCE

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

After it

Rulers

The line of pharaoh.

Userkaf · 2500 BCE – 2490 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedSahure · 2490 BCE – 2475 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedNeferirkare Kakai · 2475 BCE – 2465 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedShepseskare Isi · 2465 BCE – 2460 BCE · no death date to read the end againstNeferefre · 2460 BCE – 2455 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedNyuserre Ini · 2454 BCE – 2419 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathMenkauhor Kaiu · 2420 BCE – 2410 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathDjedkare Isesi · 2410 BCE – 2380 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedUnas · 2380 BCE – 2350 BCE · died in office, manner not recorded2450 BCE2400 BCE2350 BCE
died in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Userkaf2500 BCE – 2490 BCE10 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Sahure2490 BCE – 2475 BCE15 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Neferirkare Kakai2475 BCE – 2465 BCE10 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Shepseskare Isi2465 BCE – 2460 BCE5 yearsending not on recordgrandchild
Neferefre2460 BCE – 2455 BCE5 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates aloneparent
Nyuserre Ini2454 BCE – 2419 BCE35 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonesibling
Menkauhor Kaiu2420 BCE – 2410 BCE10 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonenephew or niece
Djedkare Isesi2410 BCE – 2380 BCE30 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Unas2380 BCE – 2350 BCE30 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild

9 rulers, 9 with terms dated as terms, covering 2500 BCE – 2350 BCE. Median reign 10 years. 1 of 8 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood153 years

    stood longer than 56% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median10 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 35% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record9

    has more rulers on record than 78% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Fourth Dynasty of Egypt · Linked · 2613 BCE – 2498 BCEFourth Dynasty of EgyptFifth Dynasty of Egypt · 2498 BCE – 2345 BCEFifth Dynasty of EgyptSixth Dynasty of Egypt · Linked · 2345 BCE – 2181 BCESixth Dynasty of Egypt2600 BCE2500 BCE2400 BCE2300 BCE2200 BCE
linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Theories that apply to its ending

Of 3 theories of why states fall, 1 has every condition present at this ending; each is applied by its own logic, condition by condition, and whether its authors named this case is a footnote.

  • Dynastic cycle and the decay of group feeling

    Ibn Khaldun 1377 · Turchin & Nefedov 2009

    Applies by its own logic: the condition it names held here, and this is the kind of outcome it predicts — adverse regime change or the state's ending.

    • the state 90 to 160 years old — ageBand 153

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q269237 (CC0) · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.