After the 6th Dynasty, Egypt was divided into regional kingdoms, with rulers in Memphis, Thebes and by the 9th Dynasty, Heracleopolis, and was not fully re-united until the 11th Dynasty. According to ancient-Egypt.org, the breakdown of the Old Kingdom wasn't political but rather it was "more likely that climatic changes, resulting in a decrease of the Nile's inundation, impacted the Ancient Egyptian society. As the central government was unable to cope with the results of this change, it was up to provincial governors and other local rulers to come up with a solution to best irrigate their own territory. This, along with different geographical circumstances, caused some provinces and territories to be more successful in controlling the floods than others."
I am going to need a lot more data points to pull this together, but for now, as a first draft, here are my estimated historical dates for the 6th to 11th Egyptian Dynasties:
Sixth Dynasty - 1740 BC to 1620 BC
Seventh Dynasty - 1620 BC to 1590 BC
Eighth Dynasty - 1615 BC to 1580 BC
Ninth Dynasty - 1580 BC to 1495 BC
Tenth Dynasty - 1495 BC to 1420 BC
Eleventh Dynasty - 1420 BC to 1365 BC
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