{"slug": "thebes-egypt", "label": "Thebes, Egypt", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thebes%2C_Egypt", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101583", "qid": "Q101583", "description": "ancient Egyptian city", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [-2039, 292], "span_label": ["2040 BCE", "292 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}], "related": [{"slug": "ancient-egypt", "label": "Ancient Egypt", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "assyria", "label": "Assyria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "pharaoh", "label": "Pharaoh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tutankhamun", "label": "Tutankhamun", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "egyptians", "label": "Egyptians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "upper-egypt", "label": "Upper Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "babylon", "label": "Babylon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "babylonia", "label": "Babylonia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "memphis-egypt", "label": "Memphis, Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nineveh", "label": "Nineveh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "libya", "label": "Libya", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -2039, "year_label": "2040 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "c. 2040 BC – Mentuhotep II, ruler of the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt in Thebes, completes the reunification of Egypt following his victory over the pharaohs of Herakleopolis, which marks the beginning of the Middle Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371895845#Events", "title": "21st century BC", "revid": 1371895845, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -1769, "year_label": "1770 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "1770 BC: Babylon, capital of Babylonia becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Thebes, capital of Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370570236#Events", "title": "18th century BC", "revid": 1370570236, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -1399, "year_label": "1400 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "1400 BC – Estimation: Thebes, capital of Egypt becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Memphis in Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1315282659#Events_and_trends", "title": "1400s BC (decade)", "revid": 1315282659, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1330, "year_label": "1331 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "1331 BC: Pharaoh Tutankhaten of Egypt renames himself to Tutankhamun and abandons Amarna, returning the capital to Thebes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333173496#Events_and_trends", "title": "1330s BC", "revid": 1333173496, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -667, "year_label": "668 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Nineveh, capital of Assyria becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Thebes in Egypt (estimation).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510235#Middle_East", "title": "668 BC", "revid": 1370510235, "section": "Events › By Place › Middle East"}}, {"year": -655, "year_label": "656 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Thebes submits to the Egyptian ruler Psamtik I of Sais, who has allied himself with Gyges of Lydia and employs Libyan soldiers in a rebellion against Assyrian rule with help from Carian and Ionian mercenaries. Psamtik permits the city's mayor Mentuemhat to retain his position, who is not only the most powerful Theban but also the fourth prophet of Amon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510215#Egypt", "title": "656 BC", "revid": 1370510215, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": 292, "year_label": "292 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Upper Egypt revolts of (292–293) outbreak in Egypt, centralized in the city of Thebes, primarily involving other Egyptian cities such as Busiris and Coptos. A precursor to the much larger national Egyptian rebellion that followed a few years later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367495826#Egypt", "title": "292", "revid": 1367495826, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}]}