By the end of the Fifth Dynasty , the local governors throughout the country were probably already posing a threat to central authority . The problem of growing provincial power was compounded at this time by the lack of a male heir . Teti's rise to the throne provided a solution to this double crisis .
With the rise of this dynasty , and especially at the time of Pepy I , the position of the priesthood of the Sun-god Re was still noticeable and also the priests of god
Ptah
raised in their prominence , to the extent that it has been suggested that King Teti , the founder of the Dynasty , came from Memphis , whose main deity was god Ptah .
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