State · 1991 – 1802 BCE
Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt
A state of 1991 – 1802 BCE — 189 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It followed Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt. It was followed by Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Its line of rulers holds 8 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
- 189 years
- 1991 BCE – 1802 BCE
- Rulers
- 8
- 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
- Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt · follows · 2150 – 1991 BCE
After it
- Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt · followed by · 1801 – 1701 BCE
Rulers
The line of pharaoh.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amenemhat I | 1977 BCE – 1947 BCE | 30 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | |
| Senusret I | 1947 BCE – 1911 BCE | 36 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | child |
| Amenemhat II | 1911 BCE – 1879 BCE | 32 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | child |
| Senusret II | 1879 BCE – 1872 BCE | 7 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | child |
| Senusret III | 1872 BCE – 1853 BCE | 19 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | child |
| Amenemhat III | 1853 BCE – 1806 BCE | 47 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Amenemhat IV | 1806 BCE – 1798 BCE | 8 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | child |
| Sobekneferu | 1798 BCE – 1793 BCE | 5 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
8 rulers, 8 with terms dated as terms, covering 1977 BCE – 1793 BCE. Median reign 24.5 years. 0 of 7 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 stood189 years
stood longer than 61% 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 median30 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 83% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record8
has more rulers on record than 76% 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.
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, 2010 BCE – 1783 BCE, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1896 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 Q719639 (CC0) · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.