State · 2345 – 2181 BCE
Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
A state of 2345 – 2181 BCE — 164 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It followed Fifth Dynasty of Egypt. It was followed by Seventh Dynasty of Egypt. Its line of rulers holds 4 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
- 164 years
- 2345 BCE – 2181 BCE
- Rulers
- 4
- 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
- Fifth Dynasty of Egypt · follows · 2498 – 2345 BCE
After it
- Seventh Dynasty of Egypt · followed by · 2181 BCE
Rulers
The line of pharaoh.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teti | 2318 BCE – 2300 BCE | 18 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Pepi I Meryre | 2295 BCE – 2250 BCE | 45 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Merenre Nemtyemsaf I | 2250 BCE – 2245 BCE | 5 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Pepi II Neferkare | 2245 BCE – 2180 BCE | 65 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | child |
4 rulers, 4 with terms dated as terms, covering 2318 BCE – 2180 BCE. Median reign 31.5 years. 0 of 3 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 stood164 years
stood longer than 57% 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 median45 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 93% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record4
has more rulers on record than 58% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 4 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, 2361 BCE – 2165 BCE, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 2263 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 Q269979 (CC0) · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.