Episode 24: Lamentations

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2014

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

End of the Old Kingdom. Around 2215 BCE, King Pepy II was dead. In his wake the Sixth Dynasty came to its end, and a series of short-lived rulers followed through Dynasties 7 and 8. Eventually, the Old Kingdom as a concept faded away. What happened, and why? There are many reasons for this process, including political instability, economic collapse, and climate change... Date c. 2215 - 2100 BCE, www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the Show at www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Facebook www.facebook.com/egyptpodcast. Twitter www.twitter.com/egyptianpodcast. Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com. Logo Image: Ernesto Graf, from Wikimedia CC BY-SA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.5	In approximately 2,100 B.C.
0:59.5	Egypt was a disunited land. It was now nearly a century since Pepi the second passed away at the age of 70, leaving a weakened and ineffectual kingship behind him.
1:12.0	His successor... and in effectual kingship behind him.
1:13.0	His successor, Meren Ray II, lived for just one year before succumbing to old age.
1:21.0	What followed was a succession crisis, a series of short-lived rulers, most likely children of
1:28.7	Pepe II who took the throne for brief periods before dying themselves.
1:35.0	In the many years which have passed since Pepi II's death,
1:40.0	two more dynasties have passed,
1:42.0	numbers 7 and eight.
1:45.4	These two dynasties are so ephemeral
1:48.7	that most of the kings are simply names on a list. They achieved little of lasting impact, although a few did
1:56.6	manage to promulgate decrees for the protection of temples. And at least one, Karkare Ibi, managed to build a very small pyramid at South Sakara,
2:09.0	with many pyramid texts accompanying his burial.
2:12.0	But these were small fleeting achievements in the larger
2:16.5	narrative. By 2100, those two dynasties had disappeared and the kingdom of the Nile Valley was now
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