Event
Egyptian state founded: first cities (Thinis, Nekheb) — Menes/Mizraim
CFAH AP-3: the Egyptian state was founded with its first cities 2189/2188 BC; CFAH identifies Menes with Mizraim son of Ham.
Sort year2189/2188 BC
Tier 1 · CFAH anchor point
Tier 1: CFAH anchor point: 2189/2188 BC (AP-3)
Description
CFAH-6 (section "Argument 1") identifies "the biblical Mizraim as Menes, the founder of Egypt shortly after the Biblical Dispersion (Genesis 10:13–14; 50:11)". CFAH-2 Conclusions date the founding of Thinis to 2188 BC. Ussher (Second Age §51) independently places Mizraim's colony in Egypt in 2188 BC.
Scripture
Chronologies
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH anchor point | 2189/2188 BC Precision: year-range |
2189/2188 BC | Griffith & White, "Chronological Framework of Ancient History. 2: Founding of the Nations," ARJ 15 (2022): 405–426, section "Founding of the Nations", Table 3 (AP-3 "Egyptian Cities Founded", 2189/2188; Diodorus, Manetho, Cullimore, Constantinus Manassas, Varro); also CFAH-6 Argument 2, Table 1 "Anchor Points for early Egyptian history" #3 (opens in a new tab) CFAH-6 Table 1: "Egyptian state was founded with the first cities, Thinis, Nekheb, etc." Sets sort year |
| Ussher-Jones | Not yet established | — | — Jones (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament, 2002) gives no date for this extra-biblical event. |
| Ussher | 1816d AM, 2188 BC Precision: year |
2188 BC AM 1816 |
Ussher, Annals of the World, Second Age §51 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) "About this time Mizraim, the son of Ham, led his colony into Egypt" (Constantinus Manasses: the Egyptian state lasted 1663 years, counted back from Cambyses). Agrees with CFAH AP-3 (2188 BC). Differs from sort year by 1 yr |
Disagreements & open questions
- Chronologies disagree BC years differ: 2189 BC (CFAH); 2188 BC (Ussher).
Flags are generated from the figures stored in the data. The master timeline still sorts by the CFAH-weighted sort year.
Related
Free sources
- Chronological Framework of Ancient History. 2: Founding of the Nations, (opens in a new tab) — section "Founding of the Nations", Table 3 (AP-3 "Egyptian Cities Founded", 2189/2188; Diodorus, Manetho, Cullimore, Constantinus Manassas, Varro); also CFAH-6 Argument 2, Table 1 "Anchor Points for e free-to-read
- The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) — Gen.10.6 ; Gen.10.13-Gen.10.14 public-domain
- The Annals of the World, Deduced from the Origin of Time (1658 English edition), Part One: 4004–176 BC (opens in a new tab) public-domain
Copyrighted works (CFAH papers, F. N. Jones) are linked, not reproduced.