The Tenth Dynasty was one of the dynasties of the First Intermediate Period in ancient Egypt, a time when the country was divided after the collapse of the Old Kingdom. Its kings ruled from Herakleopolis in Middle Egypt, and they are often treated together with the Ninth Dynasty as the Herakleopolitan kings, who controlled the north. They fought a long struggle with the rival rulers of Thebes in the south, who formed the Eleventh Dynasty. The text called the Instruction for Merikare, probably composed for a king of this house, is a famous piece of political advice. The Theban king Mentuhotep II eventually defeated the Herakleopolitans and reunified Egypt, beginning the Middle Kingdom.
Before and after
- from c. 2,150 BCE to 1,991 BCEEleventh Dynasty of Egypt
- 22nd century BCEConstruction of Ziggurat of Ur
- c. 2,100s BCEEpic of Gilgamesh
- c. 2,101 BCEThe Code of Ur-Nammu is issued
- from c. 2,050 BCE to 2,000 BCETenth Dynasty of Egypt
- c. 2,050 BCECode of Ur-Nammu
- from c. 2,040 BCE to 1,782 BCEMiddle Kingdom of Egypt
- c. 2,040 BCEEruption of Long Island
- from c. 2,025 BCE to 609 BCEAssyrian Empire
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