The Thirteenth Dynasty ruled Egypt at the end of the Middle Kingdom, and it is often counted as the beginning of the Second Intermediate Period. It had a large number of kings, many of whom reigned only briefly, although the administration seems to have continued to function under powerful viziers and officials. Rulers such as Sobekhotep IV left monuments and are better known than most. From the north of the country, the Fourteenth Dynasty in the Delta and then the Hyksos, a Levantine people, gradually took over the north. The Thirteenth Dynasty lost control of Memphis and the royal residence at Itjtawy, and its successors held on at Thebes in the south.
Before and after
- c. 1,900 BCEEruption of Black Peak
- c. 1,890 BCEEruption of Hudson, Cerro
- c. 1,860 BCEEruption of St. Helens
- c. 1,810 BCEBirth of Hammurabi
- from 19th century BCE to 17th century BCEThirteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- from c. 1,786 BCE to 1,600 BCEFourteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- from c. 1,782 BCE to 1,570 BCESecond Intermediate Period of Egypt
- c. 1,752 BCECode of Hammurabi
- c. 1,750 BCEDeath of Hammurabi
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The era
This moment belongs to the Ancient civilizations (3,200 BCE to 500 CE), writing, cities and empires.