Manetho's Aegyptiaca (fragments)

Manetho's Aegyptiaca (fragments): a Standard history source. Covers 3100 BC – 332 BC, with 62 events in chronological order. Text license and provenance included.

TypeStandard history
ViewpointInsider account
Years covered3100 BC – 332 BC
Events62 events, 45 placed on the map
AuthorManetho (via Syncellus/Eusebius/Josephus; Cory·Hodges 영역)
Original titleΑἰγυπτιακά

Regions: Egypt & North Africa 38 · West Asia 5

Events

YearPlaceEventPassage
3100 BCThinisFirst dynasty begins: Menes of Thinis reigns 62 years and dies of a wound from a hippopotamus. TraditionCory 2판 p.112 First Dynasty §1
3100 BC – 2890 BCMemphisAthothis, son of Menes, built a palace at Memphis and left a book on anatomy; he was a physician. TraditionCory 2판 p.112 First Dynasty §2
3100 BC – 2890 BCIn the time of Beneves a great plague spread through all of Egypt; he built a pyramid near Kochome. FictionCory 2판 p.112 First Dynasty §4
3100 BC – 2890 BCIn the time of Semempses a terrible epidemic gripped Egypt. PendingCory 2판 p.112 First Dynasty §7
2890 BC – 2686 BCBubastisSecond dynasty (nine kings of Thinis): under Boethos, the ground near Bubastis split open and many people died. PendingCory 2판 p.112 Second Dynasty §1
2890 BC – 2686 BCMemphisUnder Kaiechos, the Apis of Memphis, the Mnevis of Heliopolis and the goat of Mendes were established as gods. TraditionCory 2판 pp.112-113 Second Dynasty §2
2890 BC – 2686 BCUnder Binothris it was decided that women could also rule as sovereigns. PendingCory 2판 p.113 Second Dynasty §3
2686 BC – 2613 BCMemphisThe third dynasty (nine kings of Memphis) begins: under Necherophes the Libyans rebelled, but when the moon unexpectedly grew large they took fright and surrendered. FictionCory 2판 p.113 Third Dynasty §1
2686 BC – 2613 BCMemphisTosortros built houses of dressed stone and greatly encouraged writing; for his medical skill he was called Asclepius.Cory 2판 p.113 Third Dynasty §2
2613 BC – 2494 BCMemphisFourth dynasty (eight kings of Memphis, of a different line): Suphis built the largest pyramid and wrote a sacred book.Cory 2판 p.114 Fourth Dynasty §2
2494 BC – 2345 BCFifth dynasty: nine kings of Elephantine.Cory 2판 pp.114-115 Fifth Dynasty
2345 BC – 2181 BCMemphisSixth dynasty (six kings of Memphis): Otoes was killed by his bodyguards. TraditionCory 2판 p.115 Sixth Dynasty §1
2345 BC – 2181 BCQueen Nitocris built the third pyramid and ruled for 12 years. FictionCory 2판 p.115 Sixth Dynasty §6
2181 BC – 2160 BCMemphisSeventh and eighth dynasties: Memphis kings followed one another briefly, 70 days for the seventh and 146 years for the eighth. TraditionCory 2판 p.115 Seventh/Eighth Dynasty
2160 BC – 2025 BCNinth dynasty (nineteen kings of Herakleopolis): Achthoes fell into madness and was killed by a crocodile. TraditionCory 2판 p.116 Ninth Dynasty §1
2125 BC – 1985 BCThebes (Diospolis)Eleventh dynasty: among the sixteen kings of Diospolis (Thebes), Ammenemes reigned 16 years.Cory 2판 p.116 Eleventh Dynasty
1991 BC – 1802 BCThebes (Diospolis)Twelfth dynasty (seven kings of Diospolis): Ammanemes was killed by eunuchs.Cory 2판 p.117 Twelfth Dynasty §2
1991 BC – 1802 BCSesostris conquered all of Asia in nine years and Europe as far as Thrace, setting up a monument in each conquered land. FictionCory 2판 p.117 Twelfth Dynasty §3
1991 BC – 1802 BCLabyrinth (Arsinoite)Lamares built the Labyrinth at Arsinoite as his own tomb. TraditionCory 2판 p.117 Twelfth Dynasty §4
1773 BC – 1650 BCThebes (Diospolis)Thirteenth dynasty: sixty kings of Diospolis (Thebes); their names are not preserved. TraditionCory 2판 p.117 Thirteenth Dynasty
1667 BC – 1550 BCThebes (Diospolis)The eighteenth dynasty (sixteen kings of Diospolis) begins: in the time of Amosis, Moses is said to have left Egypt. TraditionCory 2판 p.119 Eighteenth Dynasty §1
1667 BC – 1404 BCIn the time of Mispragmuthosis the flood of Deucalion is said to have occurred. FictionCory 2판 p.119 Eighteenth Dynasty §6
1667 BC – 1404 BCAmenophis (31 years), thought to be Memnon, had a singing statue erected in his honor. TraditionCory 2판 p.119 Eighteenth Dynasty §8
1650 BC – 1550 BCMemphisFifteenth dynasty: the foreign Hyksos, of Phoenician and Canaanite origin, seized Memphis.Cory 2판 p.118 Fifteenth Dynasty
1650 BC – 1550 BCAvarisThe Hyksos founded a city in the Sethroite nome, invaded from there, and conquered all of Egypt.Cory 2판 p.118 Fifteenth Dynasty
1650 BC – 1550 BCMemphisA people of unnamed origin from the east conquered Egypt without battle, burning cities and temples; Salatis became king, lived in Memphis, and made Upper and Lower Egypt tributary. TraditionJosephus c. Ap. I.14 (Cory 2판 p.126)
1650 BC – 1550 BCAvarisSalatis rebuilt and fortified Avaris and stationed 250,000 armed men there; each summer they came to collect taxes, pay wages and train. TraditionCory 2판 pp.126-127 (Josephus c. Ap. I.14)
1650 BC – 1550 BCThebes (Diospolis)The kings of Thebes and other places rebelled against the Hyksos; after a long war, Alisphragmuthosis drove them out of the rest of Egypt and confined them to a territory of ten thousand acres.Cory 2판 pp.127-128 (Josephus c. Ap. I.14)
1650 BC – 1550 BCAvarisThe Hyksos, confined in Avaris (ten thousand acres), were enclosed by a huge wall.Cory 2판 p.128 (Josephus c. Ap. I.14)
1567 BC – 1550 BCAvarisThummosis besieged Avaris with 480,000 troops but could not take it, so he made a treaty with the Hyksos to leave freely with their families and property. TraditionCory 2판 p.128 (Josephus c. Ap. I.14)
1567 BC – 1550 BCJerusalemMore than 240,000 Hyksos left through the desert toward Syria and founded Jerusalem in the land of Judah. TraditionCory 2판 p.128 (Josephus c. Ap. I.14)
1404 BC – 1353 BCThebes (Diospolis)Nineteenth dynasty (seven kings of Diospolis) begins: Sethos reigned 51 years.Cory 2판 p.120 Nineteenth Dynasty §1
1404 BC – 1195 BCCyprusSethosis led an expedition to the island of Cyprus. PendingCory 2판 p.130 (Josephus c. Ap. I.15)
1404 BC – 1195 BCPhoeniciaSethosis led an expedition against Phoenicia.Cory 2판 p.130 (Josephus c. Ap. I.15)
1404 BC – 1195 BCSethosis fought the Assyrians and the Medes, subduing some by force and others by the mere show of his power, and destroyed the cities of the east. FictionCory 2판 p.130 (Josephus c. Ap. I.15)
1404 BC – 1195 BCArmais, who had been left behind in Egypt, broke the prohibition, defiled the queen and the royal concubines, put on the crown, and opposed his elder brother. FictionCory 2판 p.130 (Josephus c. Ap. I.15)
1404 BC – 1195 BCPelusiumOn receiving an urgent message from the high priest, Sethosis immediately returned to Pelusium and recovered his kingdom; Egypt took its name from Sethosis (Aigyptos), and Danaos from Armais. FictionCory 2판 p.130 (Josephus c. Ap. I.15)
1292 BC – 1272 BCWhen King Amenophis wished to see the gods, a prophet replied that the impure, such as lepers, must be removed from the land; he gathered 80,000 of them and sent them to the quarries east of the Nile for isolation. FictionCory 2판 p.131 (Josephus c. Ap. I.26)
1292 BC – 1272 BCAvarisThe people of the quarries petitioned the king and received Avaris, the city the Hyksos had abandoned; they chose Osarseph, a priest of Heliopolis, as their leader, enacted laws against worshipping Egyptian gods and killing sacred animals, repaired the walls and prepared for war. TraditionCory 2판 pp.132-133 (Josephus c. Ap. I.26)
1292 BC – 1272 BCJerusalemOsarseph sent envoys to the expelled Hyksos in Jerusalem, asking for reinforcements. FictionCory 2판 p.133 (Josephus c. Ap. I.26)
1292 BC – 1272 BCAvarisTwo hundred thousand Hyksos gathered and marched up to Avaris. FictionCory 2판 p.133 (Josephus c. Ap. I.26)
1292 BC – 1272 BCMemphisAmenophis faced them with 300,000 troops, but because it was a fight against the gods he did not engage in battle; he returned to Memphis and collected the sacred animals such as the Apis. FictionCory 2판 p.134 (Josephus c. Ap. I.26)
1292 BC – 1272 BCNapataAmenophis withdrew to Ethiopia with his entire army and people; the Ethiopian king received him in exile for thirteen years. FictionCory 2판 p.134 (Josephus c. Ap. I.26)
1292 BC – 1272 BCThe people of Jerusalem, together with the impure Egyptians, burned cities and villages and smashed statues of the gods, ruling more cruelly than the Hyksos had. FictionCory 2판 pp.134-135 (Josephus c. Ap. I.26)
1292 BC – 1272 BCAmenophis and his son Rampses returned from Ethiopia with a great army, struck down the Hyksos and the unclean rabble, and pursued them to the border of Syria (Judah). FictionCory 2판 p.135 (Josephus c. Ap. I.27)
1202 BC – 1195 BCTroyIn the time of Alkandros (7 years), Ilion (Troy) was taken. TraditionCory 2판 p.120 Nineteenth Dynasty §7
1195 BC – 1060 BCThebes (Diospolis)Twentieth dynasty: twelve kings of Diospolis (Thebes), 135 years.Cory 2판 p.120 Twentieth Dynasty
1060 BC – 930 BCTanisTwenty-first dynasty: seven kings of Tanis reigned 130 years, beginning with Smendes for 26 years.Cory 2판 p.121 Twenty-first Dynasty
930 BC – 909 BCBubastisTwenty-second dynasty: nine kings of Bubastis; Sesonchis (Shishak) reigned 21 years.Cory 2판 p.121 Twenty-Second Dynasty §1
810 BC – 770 BCTanisTwenty-third dynasty: four kings of Tanis; in the time of Petubastis the Olympiads began. TraditionCory 2판 p.122 Twenty-third Dynasty §1
721 BC – 715 BCSaisTwenty-fourth dynasty: Bocchoris of Sais reigned six years; it is told that a lamb spoke, a wonder. TraditionCory 2판 p.122 Twenty-fourth Dynasty
715 BC – 707 BCNapataTwenty-fifth dynasty (three Ethiopian kings): Sabacon captured Bocchoris, burned him alive, and reigned 8 years. TraditionCory 2판 pp.122-123 Twenty-fifth Dynasty §1
693 BC – 675 BCNapataTaharqo (Tirhakah), 18 years, the last king of the twenty-fifth dynasty.Cory 2판 p.123 Twenty-fifth Dynasty §3
675 BC – 525 BCSaisTwenty-sixth dynasty: nine kings of Sais, 150 years and 6 months.Cory 2판 p.123 Twenty-sixth Dynasty
600 BC – 594 BCJerusalemNecho II took Jerusalem and led King Joahaz away as a captive to Egypt. TraditionCory 2판 p.123 Twenty-sixth Dynasty §5
588 BC – 569 BCJerusalemIn the time of Apries, Jerusalem fell to Assyria, and the Jews who remained fled to him.Cory 2판 p.123 Twenty-sixth Dynasty §7
525 BC – 519 BCTwenty-seventh dynasty (eight Persian kings, 124 years and 4 months): Cambyses ruled Persia for 5 years and Egypt for 6 years.Cory 2판 p.123 Twenty-seventh Dynasty §1
519 BC – 483 BCDarius, son of Hystaspes, reigned 36 years.Cory 2판 p.124 Twenty-seventh Dynasty §2
405 BC – 399 BCSaisTwenty-eighth dynasty: Amyrtaeus of Sais, 6 years.Cory 2판 p.124 Twenty-eighth Dynasty
399 BC – 379 BCMendesTwenty-ninth dynasty: kings of Mendes, 20 years and 4 months.Cory 2판 p.124 Twenty-ninth Dynasty
379 BC – 341 BCSebennytosThirtieth dynasty: three kings of Sebennytos, 38 years.Cory 2판 pp.124-125 Thirtieth Dynasty
341 BC – 332 BCThirty-first dynasty: three Persian kings; Ochus ruled Persia for 20 years and Egypt for 2 years; a total of 9 years.Cory 2판 p.125 Thirty-first Dynasty

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