entity · pol_egyfull_herakleopolitan_kingdom
Herakleopolitan royal formation
Northern/Middle Egyptian royal formation conventionally associated with Dynasties 9 and 10.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
2160 BCE–2055 BCE
Precision: range
highApproximate activity or relevance range, not an assertion that the entity was unchanged throughout.
- supports · defines political formation
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt — Ian Shaw (editor) (2000)Supports the formation and its cautions.
Locator: Political history and chronology discussion
Research description
Northern/Middle Egyptian royal formation conventionally associated with Dynasties 9 and 10. The record does not imply permanently fixed borders or uniform administration throughout its date range.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
First Intermediate Period
Modern label for politically divided and regionally varied centuries after the Old Kingdom.
Why does this record have this property?
The political formation falls within this modern period or dynasty classification for the stated interval. The assignment is a modern classification and does not create an ancient event or permanent territorial identity.
- The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt
supports assignment · Political chronology
Political plurality
Concurrent regional rulers or administrations without one effective central state.
Why does this record have this property?
The record exhibits this analytical property during the stated interval, with the linked source defining the evidence and limitations. The assignment is a modern classification and does not create an ancient event or permanent territorial identity.
- The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt
supports assignment · Relevant evidence and interpretation
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines political formation
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt — Ian Shaw (editor) (2000)Supports the formation and its cautions.
Locator: Political history and chronology discussion