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Piye

800 BC - 716 BC

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Piye (also interpreted as Pankhy or Piankhi; d. 714 BC) was an ancient Kushite king and founder of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled Egypt from 744–714 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Piye has received more than 463,827 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Piye is the 2,940th most popular politician (up from 3,370th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Sudan and the 3rd most popular Sudanese Politician.

Piye is most famous for his conquest of Egypt.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Piye ranks 2,940 out of 19,576. Before him are Joan II, Countess of Burgundy, Lennart Johansson, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Anna of Tyrol, Matthias Erzberger, and Tomislav of Croatia. After him are André-Hercule de Fleury, Wang Xizhi, Yoon Suk Yeol, Ludwig Quidde, Al-Muqtadir, and Gisela of Hungary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800 BC, Piye ranks 14. Before him are Esarhaddon, Manasseh of Judah, Achaemenes, Titus Tatius, Jotham of Judah, and Candaules. After him are Zechariah of Israel, Taharqa, Marduk-apla-iddina II, Pekahiah, Menahem, and Tantamani. Among people deceased in 716 BC, Piye ranks 1. 

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    Piye

    POLITICIAN

    800 BC - 716 BC

    HPI: 63.16

    Rank: 1

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In Sudan

Among people born in Sudan, Piye ranks 5 out of 38. Before him are Luqman (-1100), Mohamed Naguib (1901), Muhammad Ahmad (1844), and Omar al-Bashir (1944). After him are Josephine Bakhita (1868), John Garang (1945), Gaafar Nimeiry (1930), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (1960), Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846), Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934), and Tayeb Salih (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sudan

Among politicians born in Sudan, Piye ranks 3. Before him are Mohamed Naguib (1901), and Omar al-Bashir (1944). After him are John Garang (1945), Gaafar Nimeiry (1930), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (1960), Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846), Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934), Ibrahim Abboud (1900), Ismail al-Azhari (1901), Hassan Al-Turabi (1932), and Abdalla Hamdok (1956).

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