Ruler · 2801 – 2701 BCE

Djoser

Lived 2801 – 2701 BCE; statesperson. Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, 2686 BCE – 2649 BCE; also in the line of Old Kingdom of Egypt and Early Dynastic Period of Egypt.

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Lived: 2801 BCE – 2701 BCE; 100 years
In office: 37 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

Pharaoh

Ancient Egypt · the 9th of 87 dated reigns · 4001 BCE – 30 BCE · read from the line of Old Kingdom of Egypt

5 before

Neferkara I2750 BCE – 2748 BCE

Neferkara I2724 BCE – 2719 BCE

Khasekhemwy2690 BCE

Djoser2686 BCE – 2649 BCE

Sneferu2613 BCE – 2589 BCE

Djedefre2580 BCE – 2570 BCE

Khafre2570 BCE – 2530 BCE

75 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 2686 BCE – 2649 BCE · 37 years

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

Also in the line of Old Kingdom of Egypt (2nd of 16) and Early Dynastic Period of Egypt.

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