State · 2707 – 2216 BCE
Old Kingdom of Egypt
A state of 2707 – 2216 BCE — 491 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It followed Early Dynastic Period of Egypt. It was followed by First Intermediate Period of Egypt. Its line of rulers holds 63 people, 16 with dated terms.
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- Stood
- 491 years
- 2707 BCE – 2216 BCE
- Rulers
- 63
- the pharaoh
Where it sits in time
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
- Early Dynastic Period of Egypt · follows · 3100 – 2686 BCE
After it
- First Intermediate Period of Egypt · followed by · 2181 – 2055 BCE
Rulers
The line of pharaoh.
65 terms are shared from [object Object],[object Object],[object Object].
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sneferu · from the line of Fourth Dynasty of Egypt | 2613 BCE – 2589 BCE | 24 years | ending not on record | |
| Djedefre · from the line of Ancient Egypt | 2580 BCE – 2570 BCE | 10 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | grandchild |
| Khafre · from the line of Ancient Egypt | 2570 BCE – 2530 BCE | 40 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Userkaf · from the line of Ancient Egypt | 2500 BCE – 2490 BCE | 10 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Sahure · from the line of Ancient Egypt | 2490 BCE – 2475 BCE | 15 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Neferirkare Kakai · from the line of Ancient Egypt | 2475 BCE – 2465 BCE | 10 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Shepseskare Isi · from the line of Ancient Egypt | 2465 BCE – 2460 BCE | 5 years | ending not on record | grandchild |
| Neferefre · from the line of Ancient Egypt | 2460 BCE – 2455 BCE | 5 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | parent |
| Nyuserre Ini · from the line of Fifth Dynasty of Egypt | 2454 BCE – 2419 BCE | 35 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Menkauhor Kaiu · from the line of Ancient Egypt | 2420 BCE – 2410 BCE | 10 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | nephew or niece |
| Djedkare Isesi · from the line of Ancient Egypt | 2410 BCE – 2380 BCE | 30 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Unas · from the line of Ancient Egypt | 2380 BCE – 2350 BCE | 30 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Teti · from the line of Ancient Egypt | 2318 BCE – 2300 BCE | 18 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | in-law |
| Pepi I Meryre · from the line of Ancient Egypt | 2295 BCE – 2250 BCE | 45 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Merenre Nemtyemsaf I · from the line of Ancient Egypt | 2250 BCE – 2245 BCE | 5 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Pepi II Neferkare · from the line of Ancient Egypt | 2245 BCE – 2180 BCE | 65 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | child |
63 rulers, 16 with terms dated as terms, covering 2613 BCE – 2180 BCE. Median reign 16.5 years. 1 of 15 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 stood491 years
stood longer than 85% 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 median18 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 56% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record63
has more rulers on record than 98% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 3 causes 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.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 2756 BCE – 2167 BCE, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 2461 BCE, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q177819 (CC0) · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.