Piye
c. 770 BC – 714 BC · 56 years · Napata · Africa
Kushite ruler who conquered Egypt, founding the Twenty-fifth (Nubian) Dynasty of pharaohs.
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Portrait: Auguste Mariette (1821-1881) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
The world in their lifetime
- 763 BC Assyrian eclipse — aged 7, Middle East
- c. 753 BC Founding of Rome — aged 17, Europe
- c. 750 BC Homer's epics — aged 20, Europe
- c. 727 BC Kushite conquest of Egypt — aged 43, Africa