Years. B.C. 1st dynasty Thinite 252 Accession of Menes, 1st king. 3906 2nd dynasty Thinite 302 3rd dynasty Memphite 214 Ten dynasties of kings, reigning 4th dynasty Memphite 284 sometimes contemporaneously in 5th dynasty Elephantine 248 Upper and in Lower Egypt; at other 6th dynasty Memphite 203 times both divisions were united 7th dynasty Memphite 70 days? under one king. 8th dynasty Memphite 146 The total duration of their 9th dynasty Heracleapolite 100? reigns, as nearly as can be 10th dynasty Heracleapolite 185 estimated, was 1335 years. FIRST THEBAN KINGDOM. 11th dynasty Thebans 43 Commenced 2571 12th dynasty Thebans 246 over Upper, 188 over Lower Egypt. SHEPHERD INVASION. 2340 13th dynasty Diospolites 453 Five dynasties of Shepherd or 14th dynasty Xoite 484 native kings reigning or existing 15th dynasty Shepherds 284 contemporaneously in four series 16th dynasty Hellenes 518 in different parts of Egypt during 17th dynasty Shepherds 151 511 years. --- 435 GREAT THEBAN KINGDOM. 18th dynasty Theban 393 Over all Egypt 1829 19th dynasty Theban 194 1436 Exode of Jews, 1312. 20th dynasty Theban 135 1242 21st dynasty Tanite 130 1107 22nd dynasty Bubastite 120 977 Temple of Jerusalem plundered, 972. 23rd dynasty Tanite 89 857 24th dynasty Saïte 44 768 25th dynasty Ethiopian 44 724 26th dynasty Saïte 155 680 Persian Invasion under Cambyses 526[23] BOOK I. EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.