Who Was Alive
Šuppiluliuma I
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Šuppiluliuma I

Sovereign

Born c. 1375 BC · died c. 1335 BC
Also known as Suppiluliuma I, Shuppiluliuma I

Who was alive at the same time as Šuppiluliuma I?

  1. Amenhotep I, 1527–1506 BC
  2. Thutmose II, c. 1510 – c. 1479 BC
  3. Hatshepsut, c. 1507 – c. 1458 BC
  4. Thutmose III, 1481 – c. 1425 BC
  5. Amenhotep III, 1400 – c. 1351 BC
  6. Tiye, 1398–1338 BC
  7. Šuppiluliuma I, c. 1375 – c. 1335 BC
  8. Nefertiti, c. 1370 – c. 1330 BC
  9. Ankhesenamun, 1348–1322 BC
  10. Tutankhamun, c. 1343 – c. 1324 BC
  11. Seti I, c. 1323 – c. 1279 BC
  12. Ramesses II, c. 1303 – 1213 BC
  13. Nefertari, 1290–1255 BC
  14. Ramesses III, c. 1217 – c. 1155 BC

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Only 5 people we track were surely alive alongside Šuppiluliuma I

Our coverage of the ancient world is thin: we only include people whose birth and death can be dated to within 25 years.

The nearest lives we can place: Thutmose III died about 45 years before Šuppiluliuma I was born, Hatshepsut died about 78 years before Šuppiluliuma I was born, Thutmose II died about 99 years before Šuppiluliuma I was born, Amenhotep I died about 128 years before Šuppiluliuma I was born, Seti I was born about 7 years after Šuppiluliuma I died and Ramesses II was born about 27 years after Šuppiluliuma I died.

Born during Šuppiluliuma I’s lifetime: Tutankhamun, Nefertiti and Ankhesenamun.

Where Šuppiluliuma I and the nearest lives were born

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