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en-wikipedia-org-8600		Menkare - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1806	432	74	Menkare was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the first or second[1] ruler of the Eighth Dynasty. Menkare probably reigned a short time at the transition between the Old Kingdom period and the First Intermediate Period, in the early 22nd century BC.[2] The rapid succession of brief reigns at the time suggests times of hardship, possibly related to a widespread aridification of the Middle East, known as the 4.2 kiloyear event. Menkare's only secure historical source is the Abydos king list, a list of kings redacted during the reign of Seti I for religious purposes and which today serves as the primary historical source for kings of the early First Intermediate Period. Cylinder seal referring either to Menkare or to Menkaure of the 4th Dynasty.[7] Petrie's hypothesis has been thoroughly disproven by modern analyses of the Turin canon however, and Nitocris is now known to originate from the names of the real ruler Netjerkare Siptah.[3] The attribution of the seal remains uncertain.[2] Sobekhotep III Ptolemy III Euergetes	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8600.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8600.txt