Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 4001 – 30 BCE

Ancient Egypt

A state of 4001 – 30 BCE — 3,971 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It followed Prehistoric Egypt and Predynastic Period of Egypt. It was followed by Egypt in the Middle Ages. The atlas records 255 things within it — wars and battles 1 · people 254. Its line of rulers holds 518 people, 86 with dated terms.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
3,971 years
4001 BCE – 30 BCE
Rulers
518
the pharaoh
Most ground
433,900 km²
in 1800 BCE
Within it
255
recorded rows
Map: Ancient Egypt in 1800 BCE, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Ancient Egypt in 1800 BCE, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 433,900 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.
Ancient Egypt in 2500 BCE, first mapped

2500 BCE · first mapped · 93,400 km²

Ancient Egypt in 1800 BCE, at its largest

1800 BCE · at its largest · 433,900 km²

The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Egypt in the Middle Ages: 641 – 641Ancient Egypt: 4001 BCE – 30 BCE

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

  • Prehistoric Egypt · follows
  • Predynastic Period of Egypt · follows

After it

Rulers

The line of pharaoh.

4000 BCE3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE
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 throne

2 terms are shared from [object Object],[object Object].

RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Wash4001 BCE – 4001 BCEunder a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Iry-Hor3201 BCE – 3201 BCEunder a yearending not on record
Menes3200 BCE – 3125 BCE75 yearsdied by accidentWikidata's manner of death
Merneith2961 BCE – 2961 BCEunder a yearthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Anedjib2930 BCE – 2920 BCE10 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonegrandchild
Neferkara I2750 BCE – 2748 BCE2 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Neferkara I2724 BCE – 2719 BCE5 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Sneferu · from the line of Fourth Dynasty of Egypt2613 BCE – 2589 BCE24 yearsending not on record
Djedefre2580 BCE – 2570 BCE10 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonegrandchild
Khafre2570 BCE – 2530 BCE40 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Userkaf2500 BCE – 2490 BCE10 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Sahure2490 BCE – 2475 BCE15 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Neferirkare Kakai2475 BCE – 2465 BCE10 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Shepseskare Isi2465 BCE – 2460 BCE5 yearsending not on recordgrandchild
Neferefre2460 BCE – 2455 BCE5 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates aloneparent
Nyuserre Ini · from the line of Fifth Dynasty of Egypt2454 BCE – 2419 BCE35 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonesibling
Menkauhor Kaiu2420 BCE – 2410 BCE10 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonenephew or niece
Djedkare Isesi2410 BCE – 2380 BCE30 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Unas2380 BCE – 2350 BCE30 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Teti2318 BCE – 2300 BCE18 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonein-law
Pepi I Meryre2295 BCE – 2250 BCE45 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Merenre Nemtyemsaf I2250 BCE – 2245 BCE5 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Pepi II Neferkare2245 BCE – 2180 BCE65 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Mentuhotep II2055 BCE – 2004 BCE51 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Mentuhotep III2010 BCE – 2001 BCE9 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Amenemhat I1977 BCE – 1947 BCE30 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Senusret I1947 BCE – 1911 BCE36 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Amenemhat II1911 BCE – 1879 BCE32 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Senusret II1879 BCE – 1872 BCE7 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Senusret III1872 BCE – 1853 BCE19 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonechild
Amenemhat III1853 BCE – 1806 BCE47 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Amenemhat IV1806 BCE – 1798 BCE8 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonechild
Sobekneferu1798 BCE – 1793 BCE5 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Amenemhat VI1730 BCE – 1724 BCE6 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Nebiriau II1582 BCE – 1582 BCEunder a yearending not on record
Ahmose I1545 BCE – 1520 BCE25 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Thutmose I1499 BCE – 1489 BCE10 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Thutmose II1489 BCE – 1479 BCE10 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Hatshepsut1479 BCE – 1457 BCE22 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonesibling
Thutmose III1479 BCE – 1425 BCE54 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonenephew or niece
Amenhotep II1425 BCE – 1399 BCE26 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Thutmose IV1399 BCE – 1389 BCE10 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Amenhotep III1389 BCE – 1349 BCE40 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Akhenaten1349 BCE – 1333 BCE16 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Smenkhkare1337 BCE – 1336 BCE1 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alonesibling
Neferneferuaten1336 BCE – 1329 BCE7 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Tutankhamun1333 BCE – 1324 BCE9 yearsdied in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death
Ay1324 BCE – 1320 BCE4 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Horemheb1320 BCE – 1291 BCE29 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Ramesses I1291 BCE – 1289 BCE2 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Seti I1289 BCE – 1279 BCE10 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Ramesses II1279 BCE – 1212 BCE67 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Merneptah1212 BCE – 1202 BCE10 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Amenmesse1202 BCE – 1198 BCE4 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Seti II1199 BCE – 1193 BCE6 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonesibling
Siptah1196 BCE – 1190 BCE6 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Tausret1190 BCE – 1188 BCE2 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Setnakhte1190 BCE – 1186 BCE4 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Ramesses III1186 BCE – 1154 BCE32 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Ramesses IV1154 BCE – 1148 BCE6 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Ramesses V1148 BCE – 1143 BCE5 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Ramesses VI1143 BCE – 1135 BCE8 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Ramesses VII1135 BCE – 1128 BCE7 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Ramesses VIII1128 BCE – 1127 BCE1 yearthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Ramesses IX1127 BCE – 1107 BCE20 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonenephew or niece
Ramesses X1107 BCE – 1103 BCE4 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Ramesses XI1103 BCE – 1073 BCE30 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Bakenranef718 BCE – 712 BCE6 yearsending not on record
Psamtik I664 BCE – 610 BCE54 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Necho II610 BCE – 595 BCE15 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Psamtik II595 BCE – 589 BCE6 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Apries589 BCE – 570 BCE19 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonechild
Amasis II570 BCE – 526 BCE44 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Psamtik III526 BCE – 525 BCE1 yearexecutedWikidata's manner of deathchild
Cambyses II525 BCE – 522 BCE3 yearsdied in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death
Bardiya522 BCE – 522 BCEunder a yearkilledWikidata's manner of deathsibling
Darius the Great522 BCE – 486 BCE36 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonein-law
Amyrtaeus404 BCE – 399 BCE5 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Hakor391 BCE – 379 BCE12 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Teos of Egypt361 BCE – 359 BCE2 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Darius III336 BCE – 332 BCE4 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Alexander the Great330 BCE – 323 BCE7 yearsdied in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of deathin-law
Alexander IV of Macedon322 BCE – 309 BCE13 yearskilledWikidata's manner of deathchild
Ptolemy I Soter305 BCE – 283 BCE22 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Arsinoe III216 BCE – 204 BCE12 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Cleopatra51 BCE – 30 BCE21 yearsdied by suicideWikidata's manner of death
Caesarion44 BCE – 30 BCE14 yearsexecutedWikidata's manner of deathchild

518 rulers, 86 with terms dated as terms, covering 4001 BCE – 30 BCE. Median reign 10 years. 13 of 86 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

2400 BCE2200 BCE2000 BCE1800 BCE

93,400 km² in 2451 BCE, 433,900 km² in 1601 BCE; at its largest 433,900 km² in 1751 BCE. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

4100 BCE – 4001 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other4100 BCE4000 BCE – 3901 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other3900 BCE – 3801 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other3800 BCE – 3701 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other3700 BCE – 3601 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other3700 BCE3600 BCE – 3501 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other3500 BCE – 3401 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other3400 BCE – 3301 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other3300 BCE – 3201 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other3300 BCE3200 BCE – 3101 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other3100 BCE – 3001 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other3000 BCE – 2901 BCE: 3 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other2900 BCE – 2801 BCE: 7 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other2900 BCE2800 BCE – 2701 BCE: 9 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other2700 BCE – 2601 BCE: 9 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other2600 BCE – 2501 BCE: 5 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other2500 BCE – 2401 BCE: 2 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other2500 BCE2400 BCE – 2301 BCE: 5 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other2300 BCE – 2201 BCE: 16 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 16 other2200 BCE – 2101 BCE: 6 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other2100 BCE – 2001 BCE: 10 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other2100 BCE2000 BCE – 1901 BCE: 4 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other1900 BCE – 1801 BCE: 17 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 17 other1800 BCE – 1701 BCE: 18 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 18 other1700 BCE – 1601 BCE: 18 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 18 other1700 BCE1600 BCE – 1501 BCE: 9 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other1500 BCE – 1401 BCE: 6 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other1400 BCE – 1301 BCE: 13 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 13 other1300 BCE – 1201 BCE: 10 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other1300 BCE1200 BCE – 1101 BCE: 9 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other1100 BCE – 1001 BCE: 9 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other1000 BCE – 901 BCE: 10 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other900 BCE – 801 BCE: 18 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 18 other900 BCE800 BCE – 701 BCE: 4 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other700 BCE – 601 BCE: 3 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other600 BCE – 501 BCE: 4 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other500 BCE – 401 BCE: 7 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other500 BCE400 BCE – 301 BCE: 3 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other300 BCE – 201 BCE: 6 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other200 BCE – 101 BCE: 9 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other100 BCE – 1 BCE: 6 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other100 BCE

3000 BCE – 2901 BCE3 rows

2900 BCE – 2801 BCE7 rows

2800 BCE – 2701 BCE9 rows

and 1 more in the atlas.

2700 BCE – 2601 BCE9 rows

and 1 more in the atlas.

2600 BCE – 2501 BCE5 rows

2500 BCE – 2401 BCE2 rows

2400 BCE – 2301 BCE5 rows

2300 BCE – 2201 BCE16 rows

and 8 more in the atlas.

2200 BCE – 2101 BCE6 rows

2100 BCE – 2001 BCE10 rows

and 2 more in the atlas.

2000 BCE – 1901 BCE4 rows

1900 BCE – 1801 BCE17 rows

and 9 more in the atlas.

1800 BCE – 1701 BCE18 rows

and 10 more in the atlas.

1700 BCE – 1601 BCE18 rows

and 10 more in the atlas.

1600 BCE – 1501 BCE9 rows

and 1 more in the atlas.

1500 BCE – 1401 BCE6 rows

1400 BCE – 1301 BCE13 rows

and 5 more in the atlas.

1300 BCE – 1201 BCE10 rows

and 2 more in the atlas.

1200 BCE – 1101 BCE9 rows

and 1 more in the atlas.

1100 BCE – 1001 BCE9 rows

and 1 more in the atlas.

1000 BCE – 901 BCE10 rows

and 2 more in the atlas.

900 BCE – 801 BCE18 rows

and 10 more in the atlas.

800 BCE – 701 BCE4 rows

700 BCE – 601 BCE3 rows

600 BCE – 501 BCE4 rows

500 BCE – 401 BCE7 rows

400 BCE – 301 BCE3 rows

300 BCE – 201 BCE6 rows

200 BCE – 101 BCE9 rows

and 1 more in the atlas.

100 BCE – 1 BCE6 rows · 1 wars and battles

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood3,971 years

    stood longer than 100% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held433,900 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 72% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 89% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median10 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 35% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record518

    has more rulers on record than 100% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Prehistoric Egypt · Linked · 39950 BCE – 3100 BCEPrehistoric EgyptPredynastic Period of Egypt · Linked · 6450 BCE – 3100 BCEPredynastic Period of EgyptAncient Egypt · 4001 BCE – 30 BCEAncient EgyptEgypt in the Middle Ages · Linked · 641Egypt in the Middle Ages40000 BCE30000 BCE20000 BCE10000 BCE1
linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q11768 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.