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 Ancient Egypt / Middle Kingdom /
13th Dynasty
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Kings
Years BCE |
| Wegaf |
1773-1769 |
| Ameny Intef 4 |
1769-1760 |
| Hor |
Around 1760 |
| Sobekhotep 2 |
Around 1750 |
| Khendjer |
Around 1747 |
| Sobekhotep 3 |
Around 1745 |
| Neferhotep 1 |
1741-1730 |
| Sobekhotep 4 |
1730-1720 |
| Ay |
? |
| Neferhotep 2 |
? |
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Dynasty of Ancient Egypt 1773-1650 BCE, 113 years, consisting of an unknown number of kings, between 10 and 70. It ran parallel to the 14th Dynasty, the two are defined as part of the Middle Kingdom, representing the last period and decline.
This dynasty ruled from a new capital, Itj-towy, which has never been located, but which appears to have been in the middle of Egypt. Much of the administration was also dealt with from Memphis.
The shift from the 12th to the 13th Dynasty was undramatic, but the new rulers came from a new family. The king list to the left may well be incomplete, but few other kings can have stayed on the throne for more than a few months. Also, within this dynasty, there were other claimants to the throne, who may have been included in the king lists.
During this dynasty, Egypt kept its control over Lower Nubia.
Through the decline in central power through this period, private monuments testify that Egypt was still a prosperous country. The power of the king was largely replaced with the power of the vizier, who kept the king as the symbolic leader. One family's control over the viziership came to be more stable than the transfer of kingship.
This dynasty came to end by military defeat to the Hyksos. With this shift, the Middle Kingdom came to an end, and the Second Intermediate Period begins, but the cultural and economic transition was probably smooth.
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