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20th Dynasty (1186 – 1069 BC) Part.2
Twentieth Dynasty It is only in passing that reference can be made to the buildings erected by Ramesses III elsewhere, a small temple at Karnak being particularly well preserved. His…
Abbasid Period
Abbasid Period The first and second Muslim civil wars appear to have made little difference in Cairo's life, though the governors of Egypt now received their orders from Damascus instead…
4th Dynasty (2575 – 2467 BC)
Fourth Dynasty Of contemporary remains of Dynasty III, there is nothing more to record save some blocks of a temple built by Djoser at Heliopolis, so that we may now…
20th Dynasty (1186 – 1069 BC) Part.1
Twentieth Dynasty Manetho has no more to tell us about Dyn. XX than that it consisted of twelve kings of Diospolis (Thebes), who reigned according to Africanus for 135 years…
Fatimid Period
The Fatimid Period Fatimid Rulers Gawhar El-Sakali (969-973AD) Al-Mezz Leideinallah (973-975AD) Al-Aziz Leideinallah (975-996AD) Al-Hakim Biamrallah (997-1020AD) Al-Zahir Lazazdinallah ( 1020-1094AD) Al-Mustansir Biallah ( 1035-1094AD) Al-Mustali Biallah (1094-1101AD) Al-Amir Biahkamallah…
5th Dynasty (2465 – 2323 BC)
Fifth Dynasty Whatever the origin of the Fifth Dynasty, there can be no doubt as to its changed and highly individual character. According to the tale, Reddjede's eldest son was…
21st Dynasty (1070 – 945 BC)
Twenty-first Dynasty Throughout the eleventh and following centuries before our era, the essential duality of the land of the Pharaohs found novel and unexpected expression. The initial stage could not…
Ayyubid Period
Ayyubid Period Ayubbide rulers King Nasser Saladin (1171-1192AD) King Aziz Emad Eddin (1192-1198AD) King Mansour Nasser Eddin (1198-1200AD) King Adel Seif Eddin (1200-1218AD) King Kamil Nasser Eddin (1218-1238AD) King Seif…
6th Dynasty (2323 – 2152 BC)
Sixth Dynasty After Wenis the Turin Canon inserted a total of all the years from the accession of Menes down to that reign. The number is unfortunately lost, but the…
22nd Dynasty (945 – 712 BC)
Twenty-second Dynasty Not long after 950 BC the Pharaonic sway passed into the hands of a family of alien race. Their earliest rulers styled themselves 'chiefs of the Meshwesh', often…
Mameluke Period
Mameluke Period When Shaggar ruled alone, the Mamelukes essentially ruled the city anyway. The white slaves imported by the Egyptian governors now ruled Egypt. As children, they were converted to…
First Intermediate Period (7th – 11th Dynasties) (2150 -1986 BC)
First Intermediate Period In the First Intermediate Period as the age separating Dynasty VI and XII is called, Manetho, or rather the Manetho known to us from the chronicles of…
23rd Dynasty (828 – 725 BC)
Twenty-third Dynasty What little of the kind we hear of is derived from the Old Testament, as we shall soon see. Manetho's TWENTY-THIRD DYNASTY consists of only four kings, the…
Bahri Mameluke Period
Bahri (River) Mameluke Period Bahari Mamlukes Rulers: Sultan Ezz Eddin Aybak (1250-1257) Sultan Nur Eddin ben Aybak (1257-1259) Sultan Muzafar Seif Eddin Qutuz (1259-1260) Sultan Zahir Rukn Eddin Bybars (1260-1277)…
11th Dynasty (1986 – 1937 BC)
Eleventh Dynasty Nothing very definite is known about the campaigns in which Menthotpe I regained the Double Crown, and so put an end to the internal anarchy which had finally…
24th Dynasty (725 – 715 BC)
Twenty-fourth Dynasty The next entries in Manetho as reported by Africanus are brief enough and interesting enough to be quoted in extenso: TWENTY-FOURTH DYNASTY. Bochchoris of Sais, for 6 (44)…
Burgi Mameluke Period
Burgi (Tower) Mameluke Period Circassian (Burgi) Mamlukes Rulers Sultan Zaher Barqooq (1382-1399) Sultan Farag Ben Barqooq (first time) (1399-1405) Sultan Abd El-Aziz Ben Barqooq (1405) Sultan Farag Ben Barqooq (second…
12th Dynasty (1937 – 1759 BC)
Twelfth Dynasty At the close of Menthotpe I's glorious reign nothing seemed to suggest that the power of his family was nearing its end. Yet so it was. The Turin…
25th Dynasty (712 – 657 BC)
Twenty-fifth Dynasty Whether Bochchoris was taken captive by Sabacon (Shabako) and burned alive, as Manetho would have us believe, we have no means of knowing. However, it is certain that…
Ottoman Turk Period
Ottoman Turk Period Ottoman Rulers Khayer Pasha (1517-22) Moustafa Pasha (1522-23) Kouzlagah Pasha (1523) Ahmed Pasha (1523) Ibrahim Pasha (1524) Suliman Pasha (1524-34) Khissru Pasha (1524-36) Suliman Pasha (second time)(1536-38)…