Taharqa
Egyptian Pharaoh of the 25th dynasty
7 dated entries naming Taharqa, drawn from 7 separate years between 690 BCE and 664 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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7th century BC
- 690 BCE690 BC—Taharqa, a king of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, ascends the throne of Egypt (approximate date)source
- 684 BCE684 BC—Taharqa gives orders to build a temple to Amun-Re at Kawasource
- 674 BCEEsarhaddon puts down a revolt in Ascalon supported by Taharqa, king of Kush and Egypt. In response, the Assyrians invade Egypt, but Taharqa is able to hold them off.source
- 671 BCEKing Esarhaddon of Assyria defeats the Kushite-Egyptian army of Pharaoh Taharqa and captures Memphis, along with a number of the royal family. He sets up a new Assyrian administration in Lower Egypt and withdraws.source
- 669 BCETaharqa, king of Kush, invades and reconquers Egypt from the Assyrian Empire.source
- 668 BCEKing Ashurbanipal puts down an Egyptian rebellion. He drives out Egypt's Ethiopian king Taharqa, and restores Necho I as governor of Sais in the Nile Delta.source
- 664 BCETantamani succeeds his uncle Taharqa as king of Kush.source
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- Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt (3)
- Esarhaddon (2)
- Neo-Assyrian Empire (2)
- Kingdom of Kush (2)
- Egypt (1)
- Ascalon (1)
- Ethiopia (1)
- Nile Delta (1)
- Ashurbanipal (1)
- Assyria (1)
- Pharaoh (1)
- Memphis, Egypt (1)