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Eannatum
25th century BC – 2425 BC
Sovereign
Eannatum (Sumerian: 𒂍𒀭𒈾𒁺 É.AN.NA-tum2; fl. c. 2450 BC) was a Sumerian Ensi (ruler or king) of Lagash. He established one of the first verifiable empires in…
Nyuserre Ini
25th century BC – 2430 BC
Statesperson
Nyuserre Ini (also Niuserre Ini or Neuserre Ini; in Greek known as Rathurês, Ῥαθούρης; died c. 2422 BC) was an Ancient Egyptian king, the sixth ruler of the Fif…
Neferefre
2480 BC – 2455 BC
Statesperson
Neferefre Isi (fl. 25th century BC; also known as Raneferef, Ranefer and in Greek as Χέρης, Cherês) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty during…
Shepseskare
— – 2460 BC
Statesperson
Shepseskare or Shepseskara (Egyptian for "Noble is the Soul of Ra"; died c. 2458 BC) was an Ancient Egyptian king, the fourth or fifth ruler of the Fifth Dynast…
Neferirkare Kakai
— – 2465 BC
Statesperson
Neferirkare Kakai (also known as Raneferirka Kakai and in Greek as Nefercherês, Νεφερχέρης) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the third king of the Fifth Dynasty…
Sahure
26th century BC – 2475 BC
Statesperson
Sahure (also Sahura, meaning "He who is close to Re") was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the second ruler of the Fifth Dynasty. He reigned for about 13 years in…
Userkaf
26th century BC – 2490 BC
Statesperson
Userkaf (known in Ancient Greek as Οὐσερχέρης, Usercherês) was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the founder of the Fifth Dynasty. He reigned for seven to eight ye…
Shepseskaf
26th century BC – 2499 BC
Statesperson
Shepseskaf (meaning "His Ka is noble") was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt, the sixth and probably last ruler of the Fourth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom period. He…
Ur-Nanshe
25th century BC – 25th century BC
Sovereign
Ur-Nanshe (Sumerian: 𒌨𒀭𒀏, UR-NANŠE; fl. c. 2520 BC) also Ur-Nina, was the first king of the First Dynasty of Lagash in the Sumerian Early Dynastic Period III…
Zhuanxu
26th century BC – 25th century BC
Historical figure
Zhuanxu (simplified Chinese: 颛顼; traditional Chinese: 顓頊; pinyin: Zhuānxū), also known as Gaoyang (simplified Chinese: 高阳; traditional Chinese: 高陽; pinyin: Gāoy…
Hemiunu
— – 26th century BC
Architect, Priest, Engineer, Vizier
Hemiunu, sometimes referred to as Hemon, (fl. 2570 BC) was an ancient Egyptian prince who is believed to have been the architect of the Great Pyramid of Giza. A…
Menkaure
2532 BC – 2503 BC
Statesperson
Menkaure or Menkaura (Egyptian transliteration: mn-kꜣw-rꜥ; c. 2550 BC - c. 2503 BC) was a king of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. He is well…
Khafre
2612 BC – 2530 BC
Sovereign
Khafre or Chephren (died c. 2532 BC) was an ancient Egyptian monarch who was the fourth king of the Fourth Dynasty, during the earlier half of the Old Kingdom p…
Hetepheres I
2575 BC – 2551 BC
Statesperson
Hetepheres I (fl. c. 2600 BC) was a queen of Egypt during the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt who was a wife of one king, the mother of the next king, the grandmother o…
Djedefre
2610s BC – 2558 BC
Statesperson
Djedefre (also Djedefra and Radjedef) was an ancient Egyptian king (pharaoh) of the 4th Dynasty during the Old Kingdom. He ruled sometime in the middle of the 3…
Thamphthis
26th century BC – 26th century BC
Statesperson
Thamphthis (fl. c. 2500 BC) is the hellenized name of an ancient Egyptian ruler (pharaoh) of the 4th Dynasty in the Old Kingdom, who may have ruled under the na…
Khufu
27th century BC – 2566 BC
Statesperson, Pharaoh
Khufu, or Cheops, was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, reigning during the 26th century BC in the early Old Kingdom period. Khufu succeeded hi…
Khentkaus I
26th century BC – 26th century BC
Politician
Khentkaus I, also referred to as Khentkawes (fl. c. 2500 BC) was a royal woman who lived in ancient Egypt during both the Fourth Dynasty and the Fifth Dynasty.…
Sneferu
27th century BC – 2609 BC
Statesperson
Sneferu or Soris (c. 2600 BC) was an ancient Egyptian monarch and the first pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, during the earlier half of the Old Kingdom p…
Huni
27th century BC – 2630 BC
Statesperson
Huni (original reading unknown) was an ancient Egyptian king, the last pharaoh of the Third Dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom period. Based on the Turin k…