Necho II at some point during his …
Years: 609BCE - 598BCE
Necho II at some point during his Syrian campaign initiates but never completes the ambitious project of cutting a navigable canal from the Pelusiac branch of the Nile to the Red Sea.
Necho's Canal is the earliest precursor of the Suez Canal.
It is in connection with this new activity that Necho founds a new city of Per-Temu Tjeku which translates as 'The House of Atum of Tjeku' at the site now known as Tell el-Maskhuta, about fifteen kilometers west of Ismailia.
The waterway is intended to facilitate trade between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean.
Necho also forms an Egyptian navy by recruiting displaced Ionian Greeks.
This is an unprecedented act by the pharaoh since most Egyptians have traditionally harbored an inherent distaste for and fear of the sea.
The navy that Necho has created operates along both the Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts.
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People
Groups
- Egyptians
- Judah, Kingdom of
- Greece, classical
- Assyria, (New) Kingdom of (Neo-Assyrian Empire)
- Egypt (Ancient), Late Period of
- Neo-Babylonian, or Chaldean, Empire
Topics
- Formative Stage (Americas)
- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age, Near and Middle East
- Classical antiquity
- Assyrian Wars of c. 745-609 BCE
- Megiddo, Second Battle of
- Carchemish, Battle of
Commodoties
Subjects
- Commerce
- Watercraft
- Engineering
- Environment
- Labor and Service
- Conflict
- Mayhem
- Faith
- Government
- Technology
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Years: 609BCE - 598BCE
Locations
People
Groups
- Egyptians
- Judah, Kingdom of
- Greece, classical
- Assyria, (New) Kingdom of (Neo-Assyrian Empire)
- Egypt (Ancient), Late Period of
- Neo-Babylonian, or Chaldean, Empire
Topics
- Formative Stage (Americas)
- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age, Near and Middle East
- Classical antiquity
- Assyrian Wars of c. 745-609 BCE
- Megiddo, Second Battle of
- Carchemish, Battle of
Commodoties
Subjects
- Commerce
- Watercraft
- Engineering
- Environment
- Labor and Service
- Conflict
- Mayhem
- Faith
- Government
- Technology
Regions
Subregions