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Akhenre Setepenre Siptah or Merneptah Siptah was the penultimate ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. His father's identity is currently unknown. Both Seti II and Amenmesse have been suggested although the fact that Siptah later changed his royal name or nomen to Merneptah Siptah after his Year 2 suggests rather that his father was ...
The Synchronistic King List features two columns, and records the kings of Babylon and Assyria together, with kings recorded next to each other presumably being contemporaries. Unlike most of the other documents, this list generally omits regnal years and any genealogical information, but it also differs in including many of the chief scribes ...
Egypt, a former vassal of Assyria, was allied with Assyrian King Ashur-uballit II and marched in 609 BC to his aid against the Babylonians. [8] The Egyptian army of Pharaoh Necho II was delayed at Megiddo by the forces of King Josiah of Judah. Josiah was killed, and his army was defeated at the Battle of Megiddo. [9]
Netjerkare Siptah (also Neitiqerty Siptah and possibly the origin of the legendary figure Nitocris; died c. 2210 BC) was an ancient Egyptian king, the seventh and last ruler of the Sixth Dynasty. Alternatively, some scholars classify him as the first king of the Seventh or Eighth Dynasty. [ 2 ]
Netjerkare Siptah [b] or Nitocris [c] First Intermediate Period; Dynasty VII [d] Memphis [1]: 396 Unknown: Unknown: Unknown: Unknown: Unknown Dynasty VIII: Memphis [1]: 396 2181 BC 2160 BC 21 years Netjerkare Siptah [b] or Menkare: Neferirkare II Dynasty IX: Heracleopolis Magna: 2160 BC 2130 BC 30 years Meryibre Khety [e] Unknown Dynasty X
Siptah, who succeeded Seti II, was a child and too young to rule alone. Ian Shaw's book suggests that Siptah was the son of Seti II, while Toby Wilkinson's book suggests that he may have been the son of Amenmesse. Wilkinson also speculates that Siptah may have been an attempt to unite those still loyal to the late Amenmesse. [5]
After Siptah's death, Twosret ruled Egypt for two more years, but she proved unable to maintain her hold on power amid the conspiracies and powerplays being hatched at the royal court. She was likely ousted in a revolt led by Setnakhte , founder of the 20th Dynasty .
At the height of the Middle Babylonian period, the Kassite kings were engaging in commerce, trade, and organising diplomatic marriages with the kings of Egypt and other regional powers. [1] [6] However, after a period of gradual decline, the Middle Babylonian period collapsed with the fall of the Kassite dynasty c. 1155 BC.