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Also Known As Ahmose II
Flourished c.600 BCE - c.501 BCE
Title / Office king (570BC-526BC), Egypt

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Ramses II
Ramses II
king of Egypt
Map showing the extent of the Ancient Egyptian Empire during the New Kingdom period of Thutmose III, highlighted in orange, covering Egypt, the Nile River valley, Sinai, and stretching northeast through Palestine, Phoenicia, and Syria. The map also marks the Fertile Crescent and neighboring regions such as Assyria and Babylonia in pink, with key cities and geographic features labeled.
Thutmose III
king of Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser
president of Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Anwar Sadat
president of Egypt
Ramses III
Ramses III
king of Egypt
Sesostris III
Sesostris III
king of Egypt
Norman de Garis Davies: Dragging a Statue of Thutmose I
Thutmose I
king of Egypt
Sesostris I
Sesostris I
king of Egypt
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Merneptah
king of Egypt
Ahmose I
Ahmose I
king of Egypt
Amenhotep II
Amenhotep II
king of Egypt
Psamtik II, portrait head found in Nile Delta; in the British Museum
Psamtik II
king of Egypt
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Amenemhet II
king of Egypt
Darius the Great
Darius I
king of Persia
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Cambyses II
king of Persia
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a suit and gold tie, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
president of Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Hosni Mubarak
president of Egypt
Engraving of Mohammed Ali, founder of modern Egypt, shown with a full white beard, wearing a traditional hat and embroidered jacket, facing slightly to the viewer's left.
Muḥammad ʿAlī
pasha and viceroy of Egypt
Omar Suleiman, 2007.
Omar Suleiman
vice president of Egypt
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Thutmose IV
king of Egypt

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