Twelfth Dynasty
The Twelfth Dynasty represents the Middle Kingdom palace layer currently documented through Amenemhat III at Bubastis.
Egypt — Dynasties & Ruling Regimes
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DYNASTIES · EGYPT
Palace-linked dynasties and regimes from the Middle Kingdom to the Muhammad Ali dynasty.
Fifteenth Dynasty / Hyksos
The Hyksos court at Avaris adds a northern Delta palace system to the Egyptian royal geography.
Eighteenth Dynasty
The Eighteenth Dynasty produced the palace city at Malqata, the Amarna palace system and Tuthmosid royal precincts in the Delta.
Nineteenth Dynasty
The Nineteenth Dynasty is represented by Ramesses II and the palace geography of Pi-Ramesses and Thebes.
Twentieth Dynasty
The Twentieth Dynasty palace layer is represented by Ramesses III at Medinet Habu.
Ptolemaic Dynasty
The Ptolemaic royal court transformed Alexandria into a dynastic palace city on the Mediterranean.
Tulunid Dynasty
Ahmad ibn Tulun created al-Qata'i and its Dar al-Imara as a new autonomous court centre.
Fatimid Dynasty
The Fatimids founded Cairo around a pair of dynastic palace complexes.
Ayyubid Dynasty
The Ayyubids shifted sovereign residence toward the Citadel and Roda Island.
Mamluk Sultanate
The Mamluk court expanded the Cairo Citadel into a dense sovereign palace system.
Muhammad Ali Dynasty
The Muhammad Ali dynasty created the modern royal palace geography of Cairo, Alexandria, the Nile and the Delta.
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