Sobekneferu became the first official female pharaoh in ancient Egyptian history after a succession crisis threatened to end the Middle Kingdom’s golden age. She was one of about a dozen women to ever rule Egypt during its 3,000 year history!
King Ashurbanipal was popular among his people but merciless when dealing with enemies. His obsession with collecting knowledge led him to construct The Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, which has been referred to as "the most precious source of historical material in the world!"
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100 Ancient Egyptian Gods & Goddesses
Aker "God of the Horizon"
Am-heh "God of Divine Retribution"
Amenhotep, son of Hapu "God of Healing"
Ammit "Goddess of Devouring Souls”
Amun "God of Wind"
Anhur "God of Hunting"
Ani “God of Festivals”
Anput "Goddess of Mummification"
Anubis "God of Death"
Anuket "Goddess of Southern Nubia"
Apep “God of Disorder”
Ash "God of Western Deserts"
Aten "God of the Sun Disc"
Atum "God of Creation"
Ba-Pef "God of Evil & Misfortune"
Babi "God of Aggression"
Banebdjedet "God of Fertility"
Bastet "Goddess of Cats"
Bat "Goddess of Pharaonic Success"
Bennu "God of Rebirth"
Bes "God of Entertainment"
Dedun "God of Wealth"
Dedunet "Goddess of Textiles & Weaving"
Djefa “God of Abundance”
Duamutef "God of Stomach Protection"
Geb "God of the Earth"
Hapi "God of the Nile Flooding"
Hathor "Goddess of Pleasure"
Hatmehit "Goddess of Fish"
Hedjhotep "God of Weaving & Clothing"
Heh "God of Eternity"
Heka "God of Magic"
Henkhisesui “God of the Eastern Wind”
Heqet "Goddess of Fertility"
Hesat "Goddess of Milk"
Hez-ur "God of the Sistrum"
Horus "God of Kingship"
Hu "God of Spoken Word"
Hutchai “God of the Western Wind”
Ihy "God of Music & Joy"
Imentet “Goddess of the Deceased”
Imhotep "God of Science & Architecture"
Ipy "Goddess of Funerary Cults"
Isis "Goddess of Motherhood"
Kauket "God of the Dark"
Kek "God of the Light"
Khepri "God of Scarabs"
Kherty "God of the Underworld"
Khnum "God of Potters"
Khonsu "God of the Moon"
Maahes "God of Knives & Lotuses"
Mafdet "Goddess of Judgment"
Ma’at "Goddess of Balance"
Mehyt "Goddess of Nubian Deserts"
Menhit "Goddess of Warfare"
Meret “God of Singing & Dancing”
Meretseger "Goddess of Punishment & Mercy"
Meskhenet "Goddess of Childbirth"
Min "God of Virility"
Montu "God of Pharaonic Vitality"
Mut "Goddess of Soul Protection"
Nefertum "God of Perfume"
Nehebkau "God of Souls”
Neith "Goddess of Archery"
Nekhbet "Goddess of Upper Egypt"
Nemty "God of Ferrymen"
Neper "God of Grain"
Nephthys "Goddess of Funerals"
Nun "Goddess of Watery Abysses”
Nut "Goddess of the Sky"
Osiris "God of Agriculture"
Pakhet "Goddess of Desert Storms"
Ptah "God of Craftsmen"
Qebehsenuef "God of Intestine Protection"
Ra "God of the Sun"
Renenutet "Goddess of Nourishment”
Resheph "God of Plague"
Satis "Goddess of the Nubian Border"
Seker "God of the Living & the Dead”
Sekhmet "Goddess of Disease & Medicine"
Serapis "God of Resurrection"
Serket "Goddess of Scorpions"
Serqet "Goddess of Magic"
Seshat "Goddess of Writing"
Set "God of Deception"
Shai "God of Fate"
Shed "God of Harm Protection"
Shesmu “God of Ointments & Wine”
Shu "God of Air"
Sia "God of Thoughtfulness"
Sobek "God of Crocodiles"
Sopdu "God of Eastern Deserts"
Tatenen "God of Nature Protection"
Tawaret "Goddess of Childbirth"
Tefnut "Goddess of Water"
Tenenet "Goddess of Beer"
Thoth "God of Intellect"
Wadj-wer "God of the Mediterranean Sea"
Wadjet "Goddess of Lower Egypt"
Wosret "Goddess of Youth Protection"
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The First Female Pharaoh of Egypt
(Sobekneferu: youtu.be/TaI3MawgKNE)
Sobekneferu became the first official female pharaoh in ancient Egyptian history after a succession crisis threatened to end the Middle Kingdom’s golden age. She was one of about a dozen women to ever rule Egypt during its 3,000 year history!
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12 Ancient Ruling Queens
Kubaba
(~2500 BC)
Queen of Kish
Sobekneferu
(? - 1802 BC)
Queen of Egypt
Hatshepsut
(1507 - 1458 BC)
Queen of Egypt
Nefertiti
(1370 - 1330 BC)
Queen of Egypt
Tawosret
(1220 - 1189 BC)
Queen of Egypt
Tomyris
(570 - 520 BC)
Queen of the Massagetae
Artemisia
(520 - 460 BC)
Queen of Halicarnassus
Cleopatra Thea
(164 - 121 BC)
Queen of the Seleucid Empire
Cleopatra
(69 - 31 BC)
Queen of Egypt
Cartimandua
(43 - 69 BC)
Queen of the Brigantes
Boudicca
(30 - 61 AD)
Queen of the Iceni
Zenobia
(240 AD - ?)
Queen of the Palmyrene Empire
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15 Undefeated Ancient Commanders
Sargon of Akkad
(? - 2279 BC)
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ahmose I
(? - 1525 BC)
Ancient Egypt
Thutmose I
(? - 1493 BC)
Ancient Egypt
Thutmose III
(1481 - 1425 BC)
Ancient Egypt
Seti I
(1323 - 1279 BC)
Ancient Egypt
Ramesses the Great
(1303 - 1213 BC)
Ancient Egypt
Darius the Great
(550 - 486 BC)
Ancient Persia
Epaminondas
(418 - 362 BC)
Ancient Greece
Alexander the Great
(356 - 323 BC)
Ancient Greece
Bai Qi
(332 - 257 BC)
Ancient China
Ashoka the Great
(304 - 232 BC)
Ancient India
Scipio Africanus
(236 - 183 BC)
Ancient Rome
Han Xin
(231 - 196 BC)
Ancient China
Sulla
(138 - 78 BC)
Ancient Rome
Drusus the Elder
(38 - 9 BC)
Ancient Rome
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The Cruelest King of Assyria
(Ashurbanipal: youtu.be/LOCm2G0R4PY)
King Ashurbanipal was popular among his people but merciless when dealing with enemies. His obsession with collecting knowledge led him to construct The Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, which has been referred to as "the most precious source of historical material in the world!"
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Every Ancient Roman Emperor
~PRINCIPATE~
*Julio–Claudian dynasty*
Augustus
31 BC - 14 AD
(45 years)
Tiberius
14 - 37 AD
(23 years)
Caligula
37 - 41 AD
(4 years)
Claudius
41 - 54 AD
(13 years)
Nero
54 - 68 AD
(14 years)
Galba
68 - 69 AD
(1 year)
Otho
January - April 69 AD
(3 months)
Vitellius
April - December 69 AD
(8 months)
*Flavian dynasty*
Vespasian
69 - 79 AD
(10 years)
Titus
79 - 81 AD
(2 years)
Domitian
81 - 96 AD
(15 years)
*Nerva–Antonine dynasty*
Nerva
96 - 98 AD
(2 years)
Trajan
98 - 117 AD
(19 years)
Hadrian
117 - 138 AD
(21 years)
Antoninus Pius
138 - 161 AD
(23 years)
Marcus Aurelius
161 - 180 AD
(19 years)
Lucius Verus
161 - 169 AD
(8 years)
Commodus
177 - 192 AD
(15 years)
Pertinax
January - March 193 AD
(3 months)
Didius Julianus
March - June 193 AD
(4 months)
*Severan dynasty*
Septimius Severus
193 - 211 AD
(18 years)
Caracalla
198 - 217 AD
(19 years)
Geta
209 - 211 AD
(2 years)
Macrinus
217 - 218 AD
(1 year)
Diadumenian
May 218 - June 218 AD
(1 month)
Elagabalus
218 - 222 AD
(4 years)
Severus Alexander
222 - 235 AD
(13 years)
*Crisis of the Third Century*
Maximinus Thrax
235 - 238 AD
(3 years)
Gordian I
March - April 238 AD
(2 months)
Gordian II
March - April 238 AD
(2 months)
Pupienus
April - July 238 AD
(4 months)
Balbinus
April - July 238 AD
(4 months)
Gordian III
238 - 244 AD
(6 years)
Philip I
244 - 249 AD
(5 years)
Philip II
247 - 249 AD
(2 years)
Decius
249 - 251 AD
(2 years)
Herennius Etruscus
May - June 251 AD
(1 month)
Hostilian
June - July 251 AD
(1 month)
Trebonianus Gallus
251 - 253 AD
(3 years)
Volusianus
251 - 253 AD
(2 years)
Aemilianus
July - September 253 AD
(2 months)
Valerian
253 - 260 AD
(7 years)
Gallienus
253 - 268 AD
(15 years)
Claudius Gothicus
268 - 270 AD
(2 years)
Quintillus
April - May 270 AD
(2 months)
Aurelian
270 - 275 AD
(5 years)
Tacitus
275 - 276 AD
(1 year)
Florianus
June - September 276 AD
(4 months)
Probus
276 - 282 AD
(6 years)
Carus
282 - 283 AD
(1 year)
Numerian
283 - 284 AD
(1 year)
Carinus
283 - 285 AD
(2 year)
~DOMINATE~
*The Late Roman Period*
Diocletian
east & west, 284 - 286 AD
(2 years)
east, 286 - 305 AD
(19 years)
Maximian
west, 286 - 305 AD
(23 years)
Constantius I
west, 305 - 306 AD
(1 year)
Galerius
east, 305 - 311 AD
(6 years)
Flavius Severus
west, 306 - 307 AD
(1 year)
Licinius
west, 308 - 324 AD
(16 years)
Maximinus Daza
east, 310 - 313 AD
(3 years)
*Constantinian dynasty*
Constantine the Great
east, 306 - 324
(18 years)
east & west, 324 - 337 AD
(13 years)
Constantine II
east & west, 337 - 340 AD
(3 years)
Constans
east & west, 337 - 350 AD
(23 years)
Constantius II
east & west, 337 - 361 AD
(24 years)
Julian
east & west, 361 - 363 AD
(2 years)
Jovian
east & west, 363 - 364 AD
(1 year)
*Valentinianic dynasty*
Valentinian I
west, 364 - 375 AD
(11 years)
Valens
east, 364 - 378 AD
(14 years)
Gratian
west, 367 - 383 AD
(16 years)
Valentinian II
west, 375 - 392 AD
(17 years)
*Theodosian dynasty*
Theodosius the Great
east, 379 - 392 AD
(13 years)
east & west, 392 - 395 AD
(3 years)
Arcadius
east & west, 383 - 395 AD
(12 years)
east, 395 - 408 AD
(13 years)
Honorius
east & west, 393 - 395 AD
(2 years)
west, 395 - 423 AD
(28 years)
Theodosius II
east, 408 - 450 AD
(42 years)
Constantius III
west, February - September 421 AD
(7 months)
Valentinian III
west, 425 - 455 AD
(30 years)
Marcian
east, 450 - 457 AD
(7 years)
*The Puppet Emperors*
Petronius Maximus
west, March - May 455 AD
(3 months)
Avitus
west, 455 - 456 AD
(1 year)
Leo I
east, 457 - 474 AD
(17 years)
Majorian
west, 457 - 461 AD
(4 years)
Libius Severus
west, 461 - 465 AD
(4 years)
Anthemius
west, 467 - 472 AD
(5 years)
Olybrius
west, April - November 472 AD
(8 months)
Glycerius
west, 473 - 474 AD
(1 year)
Leo II
east, 473 - 474 AD
(1 year)
Zeno
east, 474 - 479 AD
(17 years)
Julius Nepos
west, 474 - 475 AD
(1 year)
Basiliscus
east, 475 - 476 AD
(1 year)
Romulus Augustulus
west, 475 - 476 AD
(1 year)
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Every Ancient Egyptian Dynasty
*The Early Dynastic Period*
1st Dynasty
3150 BC - 2890 BC
(260 years)
2nd Dynasty
2890 BC - 2686 BC
(204 years)
*The Old Kingdom Period*
3rd Dynasty
2686 BC - 2613 BC
(73 years)
4th Dynasty
2613 BC - 2494 BC
(119 years)
5th Dynasty
2494 BC - 2345 BC
(149 years)
6th Dynasty
2345 BC - 2181 BC
(164 years)
*The First Intermediate Period*
7th/8th Dynasty
2181 BC - 2160 BC
(21 years)
9th Dynasty
2160 BC - 2130 BC
(30 years)
10th Dynasty
2130 BC - 2040 BC
(90 years)
*The Middle Kingdom Period*
11th Dynasty
2150 BC - 1991 BC
(159 years)
12th Dynasty
1991 BC - 1802 BC
(189 years)
*The Second Intermediate Period*
13th Dynasty
1802 BC - 1659 BC
(143 years)
14th Dynasty
1725 BC - 1650 BC
(75 years)
15th Dynasty
1650 BC - 1550 BC
(100 years)
16th Dynasty
1650 BC - 1580 BC
(70 years)
17th Dynasty
1580 BC - 1550 BC
(30 years)
*The New Kingdom Period*
18th Dynasty
1550 BC - 1292 BC
(258 years)
19th Dynasty
1292 BC - 1189 BC
(103 years)
20th Dynasty
1189 BC - 1077 BC
(112 years)
*The Third Intermediate Period*
21st Dynasty
1069 BC - 945 BC
(124 years)
22nd Dynasty
945 BC - 720 BC
(225 years)
23rd Dynasty
837 BC - 728 BC
(109 years)
24th Dynasty
732 BC - 720 BC
(12 years)
25th Dynasty
747 BC - 656 BC
(91 years)
26th Dynasty
646 BC - 525 BC
(121 years)
*The Late Period*
27th Dynasty
525 BC - 404 BC
(121 years)
28th Dynasty
404 BC - 398 BC
(6 years)
29th Dynasty
398 BC - 380 BC
(18 years)
30th Dynasty
380 BC - 343 BC
(37 years)
31st Dynasty
343 BC - 332 BC
(11 years)
*The Greco-Roman Period*
Macedonian Empire
332 BC - 305 BC
(27 years)
Ptolemaic Kingdom
305 BC - 30 BC
(275 years)
Roman Empire
30 BC - 395 AD
(425 years)
Byzantine Empire
395 AD - 641 AD
(246 years)
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