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Amenhotep I
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Amenhotep I

Born 1527 BC · died 1506 BC, aged 20 or 21

Who was alive at the same time as Amenhotep I?

  1. Hammurabi, c. 1810 – c. 1750 BC
  2. Ahmose I, c. 1560 – c. 1525 BC
  3. Amenhotep I, 1527–1506 BC
  4. Thutmose II, c. 1510 – c. 1479 BC
  5. Hatshepsut, c. 1507 – c. 1458 BC
  6. Thutmose III, 1481 – c. 1425 BC
  7. Amenhotep III, 1400 – c. 1351 BC
  8. Tiye, 1398–1338 BC
  9. Šuppiluliuma I, c. 1375 – c. 1335 BC

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Only one person we track was surely alive alongside Amenhotep I

Our coverage of the ancient world is thin: we only include people whose birth and death can be dated to within 25 years. These lives may have overlapped with Amenhotep I’s, but their dates are too uncertain to say: Hatshepsut and Ahmose I.

The nearest lives we can place: Hammurabi died about 220 years before Amenhotep I was born, Thutmose III was born about 24 years after Amenhotep I died, Amenhotep III was born about 105 years after Amenhotep I died, Tiye was born about 107 years after Amenhotep I died and Šuppiluliuma I was born about 128 years after Amenhotep I died.

Born during Amenhotep I’s lifetime: Thutmose II.

Where Amenhotep I and the nearest lives were born

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