Amasis

Egyptian names: Chenibra Amose-si-Neith

Relatives:

1. wife: Nakhtes-Bastet-reru
• son: Amose
  
2. wife: Khetbeneit-erboni II (? daughter of Apries)
3. wife: Takheta (from Syria?)
• son: Psammetichus III
4. wife: Ladice, daughter of Battus III of Cyrene

Main deeds:

• 593: One of the generals of the army of Psammetichus II that invaded Kush (modern Sudan)
• 570: After an ill-fated campaign against Cyrene, Apries is disgraced. Amasis is proclaimed king by his men; he is accepted as co-ruler. During his reign, Amasis has to support the native soldiers (Herodotus, Histories, 2.161, 172-174)
• 568/567: Unsuccessful Babylonian invasion, led by Nebuchadnezzar II
• 567: Civil war against Apries, who is killed at Momemphis
• More Greeks settled in the western Delta in Naucratis; the city, the first polis in Egypte, receives trade prerogatives
• Defensive treaty with Nabonidus of Babylonia, Croesus of Lydia, and Sparta against Cyrus the Great of Persia
• After 548: Amasis supports the rebuilding of the Greek temple in Delphi and sends precious gifts to Cyrene, Sparta, Lindos and Polycrates, the tyrant of Samos
• 547??: End of Lydia, conquered by Cyrus
• 541: A devastating Nile flood
• 539: End of Babylonia, conquered by Cyrus
• Occupation of Cyprus
• 530: Conflict with Kush
• December 526: Amasis dies shortly before the Persian invasion

Buildings:

• New Banebdjed temple at Mendes (built 570-567)
• Continued construction works at the temple of the goddess Neith in Sais  (described by Herodotus, Histories, 2.175)
• The temple of the cobra-goddess Wadjet at Buto (Herodotus, 2.155-156)
• Construction works at the temple of Ptah in Memphis
• A temple for Isis at Memphis (Herodotus, 2.176)
• Another Wadjet-temple at Nabesha
• A temple to Osiris at Athribis
• A temple for Anubis at Saqqara
• A temple in the complex of Khentimentiu at Abydos
• A chapel of Osiris at Coptos
• Some building activities at Karnak by Nitocris and Ankhnes-Neferibre
• The temple of Isis at Philae
• Chapels in the Bahariya oasis
• A small temple for Amun in the Khargha oasis
• The temple of Ammon in Siwa