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| Keywords: Reigning times of the 31 Egyptian Dynasties.png en Individual dynasties in Ancient Egypt did not fare very long Out of the thirty-one dynasties spanning nearly 3000 years the longest-lived was the 18th dynasty the dynasty of the pharaoh Tutankhamun which span 257 years 1549-1292 BC The shortest the single pharaoh 28th dynasty lasted 6 years 404-398 BC This chart places the 31 dynasties in 25-year slices according to the amount of time for which they held power Colours of the bars represent the period of the dynasties as indicated in the legend The early dynastics and the three Kingdoms Old Middle New are blue with darker colours meaning older Intermediate periods are red orange and yellow Note that up multiple dynasties could reign from different cities simultaneously during these periods and briefly as well at the end of the Middle Kingdom For example seven dynasties lasted between 100 and 125 years two of these dynasties being from the New Kingdom 2013-05-04 22 54 33 own Nicolas Perrault III 13 20228473 -59 50595694 cc-zero Uploaded with UploadWizard Dynasties of Egypt Histograms | ||||
