Dynasty 5 middle kings (Shepseskare, Neferefre/Raneferef, Nyuserre Ini, Menkauhor, Djedkare Isesi)
2455 BCE–2375 BCE · Old-Kingdom
A grouped entry for the securely-attested middle kings of Dynasty 5: the ephemeral Shepseskare and Neferefre, the prolific builder Nyuserre Ini at Abusir, Menkauhor, and Djedkare Isesi, under whom the wisdom-text the Instruction of Ptahhotep is traditionally set. All are historical; they are grouped here for brevity. The Instruction's attribution to the vizier Ptahhotep is a traditional ascription rather than evidence of contemporary authorship.
The world in their lifetime
Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with Dynasty 5 middle kings (Shepseskare, Neferefre/Raneferef, Nyuserre Ini, Menkauhor, Djedkare Isesi)’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.
Egyptian world
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