1st Intermediate Period (jan 1, 2181 BC – jan 1, 2125 BC)
Description:
Length of Pepi II’s reign (90)Created problems of succession
Economic difficulties
Drain on royal treasury
Construction projects – expensive
Drier Nile – crop famine
Nomarchs created independent states with themselves as ruler
Manetho: 70 kings in 70 days
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 2181 BC
jan 1, 2125 BC
~ 56 years