Necho II

E147709

ancient Egyptian pharaoh human

Necho II was a late 7th–early 6th century BCE pharaoh of Egypt’s 26th Dynasty, best known for his military campaigns against the Babylonians and his ambitious canal and naval projects.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Necho II canonical	18
Pharaoh Necho II	5
Necho II of Egypt	2
Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt	2
Necho	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ human ⓘ
battle	Battle of Carchemish ⓘ surface form: Battle of Carchemish (605 BCE) Battle of Megiddo ⓘ surface form: Battle of Megiddo (609 BCE)
canalProject	Suez Canal ⓘ surface form: Nile–Red Sea canal
capital	Sais ⓘ
captured	Jehoahaz ⓘ surface form: Jehoahaz of Judah
conflict	Josiah ⓘ surface form: King Josiah of Judah Nabopolassar ⓘ surface form: King Nabopolassar of Babylonia Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ surface form: King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
era	Late Period of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt
father	Psamtik I ⓘ
floruit	early 6th century BCE ⓘ late 7th century BCE ⓘ
givenName	Necho II self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Necho
installedRuler	Jehoiakim ⓘ surface form: Jehoiakim of Judah
knownFor	Phoenician circumnavigation of Africa (as reported by Herodotus) ⓘ attempted canal between the Nile and the Red Sea ⓘ Battle of Megiddo ⓘ surface form: battle of Megiddo (609 BCE) canal construction projects ⓘ expansion of Egyptian influence into the Levant ⓘ military campaigns against Babylonia ⓘ naval projects ⓘ participation in the late phase of the Assyrian–Babylonian conflicts ⓘ promotion of Mediterranean seafaring ⓘ support of Greek mercenaries and sailors ⓘ
memberOfDynasty	Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
mentionedIn	Books of Chronicles ⓘ surface form: Book of Chronicles Books of Kings ⓘ surface form: Book of Kings Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible writings of Herodotus ⓘ
mother	Mehtenweskhet II ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
navalBase	Mediterranean coast of Egypt ⓘ Red Sea ports of Egypt ⓘ
outcomeOfBattle	defeated at the Battle of Carchemish (605 BCE) ⓘ
patronage	Greek mercenaries ⓘ Phoenician sailors ⓘ
positionHeld	Pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ
predecessor	Psamtik I ⓘ
reignEnd	-0595 ⓘ
reignStart	-0610 ⓘ
religion	Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
ruledIn	Lower Egypt ⓘ Upper Egypt ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
successor	Psamtik II ⓘ
usedScript	Demotic script ⓘ Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sais → notableRulerAssociated → Necho II ⓘ

Late Period of Egypt → notableRuler → Necho II ⓘ

Josiah → opponentInBattle → Necho II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Necho II of Egypt

Jehoiakim → appointedBy → Necho II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pharaoh Necho II

Jehoiakim → nameChangedBy → Necho II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pharaoh Necho II

Jehoiakim → contemporaryOf → Necho II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pharaoh Necho II

Battle of Carchemish → opposedByCommander → Necho II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Necho II of Egypt

Saite Dynasty → hasMonarch → Necho II ⓘ

Saite Dynasty → hasImportantRuler → Necho II ⓘ

Psamtik I → successor → Necho II ⓘ

Psamtik I → child → Necho II ⓘ

Saite artistic revival → associatedWith → Necho II ⓘ

Saite political renaissance → hasNotableRuler → Necho II ⓘ

Necho II → givenName → Necho II self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Necho

Psamtik II → predecessor → Necho II ⓘ

Psamtik II → father → Necho II ⓘ

pharaohs of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty → hasPharaoh → Necho II ⓘ

subject surface form: Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt

Saite Egypt → notableRuler → Necho II ⓘ

Battle of Megiddo → involvesParticipant → Necho II ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Megiddo (609 BCE)

Battle of Megiddo → opposingCommander → Necho II ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Megiddo (609 BCE)

Jehoahaz → deposedBy → Necho II ⓘ

Jehoahaz → capturedBy → Necho II ⓘ

Jehoahaz → successorAppointedBy → Necho II ⓘ

יְהוֹיָקִים → appointedBy → Necho II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt

יְהוֹיָקִים → nameChangedBy → Necho II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt

Yehoyaqim → appointedBy → Necho II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pharaoh Necho II

Ashur-uballit II → alliedWith → Necho II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pharaoh Necho II

Obelisk of Montecitorio (Solarium Augusti gnomon) → pharaohMentioned → Necho II ⓘ

subject surface form: Obelisk of Montecitorio