Egyptian Pharaohs Family Tree | Dynasties 1 to 31

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A friend of mine is a history teacher that happened to have 31 kids in his class this past year, so for their section on Ancient Egypt he assigned a dynasty to each kid. They had to do research and make a presentation with a poster about their chosen dynasty. Not only did they learn a lot, but for the rest of the year they could link whatever else they were learning about to the dynasty in power at the time (and whoever had done the report on the dynasty could often chime in). It was a really cool way to get the kids involved!

[untruelie]

Fun Fact: During the reign of Ramesses the Great, official restoration works were conducted on the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Sakkara. To Ramesses and his contemporaries, the Djoser Pyramid was already an ancient building, having been built 1, 500 years ago. Djoser was to Ramesses what Justinian and Belisarius are to us. Yet, Ramesses was still separated from Cleopatra VII. by more than 1, 100 years, and she is separated from us by over 2, 000 years.

47 centuries have passed since Imhotep stood there in the desert sand and oversaw the construction of the first pyramid and we can still visit it today. Truly amazing.

[TG-ndrj]

Just think... by the time of Tutankhamen, Egypt had been in power for almost two thousand years. There were likely Egyptians who studied the first dynasties, the pyramids, and necropolis' like we're doing today, because for them it was already extremely old. It's the same as us looking back to the Roman period from today's perspective. Crazy to think about.

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0:00 This video is/was/still is sponsored by Blinkest
2:05 Addressing The Word Pharaoh
Rulers of Egypt were called Kings from Dynasty 1 to Dynasty 17
The 18th Dynasty was when the title Pharaoh would be used to speak of The Ruler of Egypt.
Pharaoh used to refer to the entire ruling palace family, not just the main ruler.

2:45 Dynasty 0
+ Includes a handful of Pharaohs such as Iry Hor and Scorpion,
+ the earliest known writing of a person's name IN HISTORY, and
+ the FIRST PICTURE OF A PHARAOH in history, Pharaoh Scorpion.

3:24 Dynasty 0 Ruled from their capital city of Naqada.
Upper Egypt = Upper Nile River Egypt
Lower Egypt = Lower Nile River Egypt
Lower Egypt is North of Upper Egypt, because The elevation increases from Lower Egypt to Upper Egypt.

5:15 Alot of the early family trees are guesswork.


Dynasty 1 Narmer to Qua, 3150 to 2890
4:06 Narmer conquered Lower Egypt, uniting Lower and Upper under 1 King, King Narmer
5:04 The First 8 Pharaoh's on the list are from Dynasty 1.
1st King Narmer 3150 to 3125 BC
2nd King Hor-Aha 3125 BC to 3050 BC
3rd King Djer 3050 BC to 2980 BC
4th King Djet & Queen Regent Mereneith [Brother Sister pair who became Husband-Wife], 2980 to 2970 BC
5th King Den 2970 to 2930 BC
6th King Adjib 2930 to 2920 BC
7th King Semerkhet 2920 to 2910 BC
8th King Qua 2910 to 2890

- They practiced human sacrifice, believing the sacrificed souls would aid the King in the afterlife.

6:50

Dynasty 2 Hotespekhemwy to Khasekhemy, 2890 to 2650 BC
9th/1st King Hotespekhemwy
10th/2nd King Nebra
11th/3rd King Nynetjer
12th/4th King Wadjenes & King Seth-Peribsen
13th/5th King Senedj & King Sekhemib Perenmaat
14th/6th King Khasekhemy
+ King Khasekhemy started having Egypt build large building projects
+ King Khasekhemy commissioned statues of himself to be built as well

7:45
*EGYPT: THE OLD KINGDOM OF EGYPT, Djoser to 2686 to 2181 BC*
Dynasty 3
15th/1st King Djoser
+ King Djoser built _THE FIRST EGYPTIAN PYRAMID_ *The Step Pyramid* in Lower Egypt.
+ King Djoser's/Architect Imhotep's Step Pyramid ranks 10th on the list of TALLEST PYRAMIDS.

8:35
16th/2nd King Sekhemkhet
17th/3rd King Sanakht
18th/4th King Kahaba
19th/5th King Huni, father of Sneferu.

8:48
PEAK OLD KINGDOM

Dynasty 4
20th/1st King Sneferu 2600 BC to 2590 BC
+ King Sneferu had The Red Pyramid, The Bent Pyramid, and The Collapsed Pyramid.
21st/2nd King Khufu 2590 BC to 2575 BC
+ King Khufu had built The Great Pyramid of Giza, the tallest structure in the world for 4, 000 Years!
22nd/3rd King Djedefre 2575 BC to 2570 BC
+ King Djedefre had built The Lost Pyramid
23rd/4th King Kahfre 2570 BC to 2530 BC
+ Had built The Great Sphinx Statue
24th/5th King Menkaure
25th/6th King Shepseskaf built himself a smaller tomb, not a pyramid.


Dynasty 5
10:52
26th/1st King Userkaf
27th/2nd King Sahure
+ King Sahure's stone tomb would be copied in style by many Kings who ruled after him.
+ King Sahure's navy expanded to new territory like Eritrea.
28th/3rd King Neferirkahre Kakai
29th/4th King Shepseskare

11:59
30th/5th King Neferefre
+ King Neferefre IS THE EARLIEST KING FOR WHOSE BODILY REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND!
31st/6th King Nyuserre Ine
32nd/7th King Djedkare Isesi
33rd/8th King Unas 2380 BC to 2350 BC
+ Archaeologists found Pyramid Texts inside King Unas' Tomb.


Dynasty 6

14:25 The Intermediary Period/Egyptian Dark Age/Lost Records Period.

Dynasty 7 - "70 rulers in 70 days"
Dynasty 8 Lower Egypt minor dynasty
Dynasty 9 Lower Egypt minor dynasty
Dynasty 10 Lower Egypt minor dynasty

15:00
Dynasty 11
The 5 Nomarchs
- Intef The Elder
- Mentuhotep I
- Intef I
- Intef II
- Intef III

*THE MIDDLE KINGDOM OF EGYPT*
15:10 Mentuhotep II reunites Lower and Upper Egypt
15:44

Dynasty 12
King Amenhemnat I
2nd King Senusret I
3rd King Amenhemnat II
4th King Senusret II
5th King Senusret III, part of a Greek Legend referring to Susastras.
6th King Amenhemnat III had The Black Pyramid built, and ruled peacefully.
7th King Amenhemnat and Queen Sobekneferu


Dynasty 13
18:12 8th/1st King Sobekhotep I

18:27 2ND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD/DARK AGE 1750 to 1580

Dynasty 14
Dynasty 15
Dynasty 16 Hyksos/Rule by foreigners aka non-Egyptians/Canaanite Kings
Dynasty 17

19:45

Dynasty 18
*Kings are now referred to as _Pharaohs_
20:43 Ancient History Family Tree Chart.
1st Pharaoh Ahmose I
2nd Pharaoh Amenhotep I
3rd Pharaoh Thutmose I
4th Pharaoh Thutmose II & Queen Hatshepset
5th Pharaoh Thutmose III
6th Pharaoh Thutmose IV
7th Pharaoh Amenhotep III The Great, Pharaoh of The Apex of Egyptian Art
8th 24:05 Pharaoh Akhenaten & Queen Nefertiti.
25:23 9th Pharaoh Smenkhare
26:08 10th Pharaoh Tutankhamun aka "King Tut" died at age 19.

Dynasty 19
28:15
9th/1st Ramesses I
10th/2nd Seti I
11th/3rd Ramesses II The Great 90 YEAR OLD
+ He built lots of massive statues of himself, 1 in Nubia.
+ He might be Pharaoh from The Old Testament Bible Story in Exodus


Dynasty 20
31:40
1st Pharaoh Setnakthe, victor of Ancient Egyptian Civil War.
2nd Ramses III:
BRONZE AGE COLLAPSE!!!
Sea People Attacks weaken Egypt!
Ramses IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI

THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD 1077 BC

Dynasty 21
Lower Egypt is ruled by Pharaohs.
Upper Egypt is ruled by Priests.


Dynasty 22 overlaps With The Kingdoms Period of Israel and Judah.
33:47 Shoshenq I "Shishak"

34:42

Dynasty 23

Dynasty 24

35:15 Kushite Egypt, Egypt is a part of The Kushite Empire

Dynasty 25
36:16 Taharqua/Tirhakah

36:36

Dynasty 26 - Shift from 3rd Intermediate Period to Late Period.
Necho II killed King Josiah of Judah.

37:41 THE PERSIAN ACHAEMENID EMPIRE

Dynasty 27
Darius The Great The Persian ruler of Persia and Egypt
Xerxes The Great The Persian ruler of Persia and Egypt


Dynasty 28 (1 ruler can be considered a dynasty?)
Pharaoh Amyrtaeus


Dynasty 29 (2 rulers can be considered a dynasty? Doesn't it need like more than 2 rulers?)
Dynasty 30

39:15 PERSIAN RULERS OF EGYPT PART 2
Dynasty 31

39:25 ALEXANDER THE GREAT, THE MACEDONIAN/GREEK

39:55 The Ptolemaic Dynasty

Dynasty 32
END: Cleopatra and Marc Antony.

[tomtomtrent]

I remember I once recently tried to think of what the oldest historical figures I could name from memory were, and the oldest was Pharoah Khufu because of the pyramid. So I guess if you want to be remembered forever, building a giant structure is one way to do it

[meldinway]

As an Egyptian and Ancient Egypt enthusiast, I say to you Bravo and Thanks!

[Replicaate]

The continuity of the Ancient Egyptian world is mindblowing, when you think of all the civilizations that rose and fell around them during their run - even the Romans were in awe that Egypt was an empire of cities and temples when their founders were living in a few tiny villages and stealing cattle.

[kenkeep]

I believe current thought is that it was not Thutmose III that tried to erase Hatshepsut from memory, but could of been his son Amenhotep III. Hatshepsut was co-regent with Thutmose, towards the end of her reign and he was the head of the Egyptian military during the co-regency. His mortuary temple is directly adjacent to her mortuary temple in Dier el-Bahri. This is so far back in history that many theories have equal validity though, given lack of direct evidence.

[JackRackam]

Ooh I'm excited for this one! Dynastic Egypt, for the staggering amount of time it existed, has always been a blind spot in my history knowledge

[kalafinwe]

In my second-third year of highschool, I nearly memorized the genealogies of every dynasty, using songs and rhymes.

It was insane, and my contemporary history teacher was impressed, and suggested I apply for the international program (which was actually for elite and rather snobbish kids). I didn't want to do so, as I felt it didn't change anything to my success in life. Today, I am a PhD candidate and have won a competitive national prestigious scholarship, on my way to realize my childhood dream.

Morale of the story : memorize all of the ancient egyptian dynasties and don't get into useless programs.

[ALISTGAMERS]

3000 years in 40 mins is simply incredible. Thank you for helping me practice my passion for history without going to school to become a historian. I use your videos to springboard into more research which I learn more knowledge. Your charts are easy to follow too. I also use your charts to study theology too

[theshenpartei]

Egypt will always be my favorite ancient civilization

[pzsufir]

The fan-made chart seems to include many more niche fsmily trees as well; it would definitely make a great video

[kacperwoch]

I think you nailed the narration in this video, it's very easy to follow and despite covering thousands of years it gives a good overview of Egypt's history.

[Amadeu.Macedo]

Congratulations on this outstanding, illuminating chart, which I respectfully call an amazing, thorough documentary. Most importantly, I must thank you so much for setting up this extremely complex historical production, comprising the entire Ancient Egyptian lineage from Dynasty-0 (of which I was beforehand unaware) through Cleopatra Selene II (70/69 BCE - 30 BCE), because until today I had been unsuccessfully attempting to establish an equivalent, comprehensive and relatively reliable list of Egyptian rulers over 3, 000 years!!! BRAVO!

[lordofdent]

Next episode: “Who would be Pharaoh today” 😅

[helios]

The "great pyramid" in the picture is actually Khafre's pyramid. Unfortunately, this is a common mistake.

[ulrike]

My favourite fact about Ramesses II is that he was very prone to kind of overlaying names/inscriptions of his predecessors with his own. As a result his own hieroglyphic inscriptions are chiseled very deeply into the rock, so that no one could repeat this trick with his^^

(I would be careful with this reconstruction of Tutankhamun, though - I have heard a lot of egyptological screaming about that one. Apparently it exaggarates his disabilities quite a bit).

[MachiavellisApprentice-nvdx]

Akhenaten was a monotheist, not a henotheist or monolatrist. That he initially allowed the temples for the traditional pantheon to operate does not mean that he believed in those gods, but that he needed the revenue from the temples. For him to have just closed all the temples at the start of his reign would also have probably caused a civil war, or at least prompted non Atenist nomarchs and other lords to stage a coup. Too complicated a topic for Youtube comments though.