| B. C. | |
| Dominion of the Mermnadæ, one hundred and seventy years, under kings of that house | 727—557. |
| Gyges, thirty-eight years (Herodotus, I. 14.) | 727—689. |
| Ardys, forty-nine years (Herodotus, I. 16.) | 689—640. |
| First irruption of the Cimmerians | 670. |
| Sadyattes, twelve years (Herodotus, I. 16.) | 640—628. |
| Alyattes, fifty-seven years (Herodotus, I. 25.) | 628—571. |
| War with Cyaxares, ending with the great eclipse, and second irruption of the Cimmerians | 625. |
| Crœsus, fourteen years and fourteen days (Herodotus, I. 86.) | 571—557. |
IV. CHRONOLOGY OF THE BABYLONIANS.
For this as well as for the Egyptians there is no evidence to guide us, the data being very scanty, and taken from Herodotus alone. The chronology of the Babylonians, according to the canon of Ptolemy, begins with Nabonassar, 747, who was succeeded by twelve kings (mentioned in the same canon), down to Nabopolassar; (see above, p. 28.)
| B. C. | |
| Nabopolassar | 627—604. |
| Nebuchadnezzar | 604—561. |
| Evil-Merodach | 561—559. |
| Neriglissar | 559—555. |
| Labynetus | 555—538. |
| Conquest of Babylon by Cyrus | 538. |
V. CHRONOLOGY OF THE EGYPTIANS.
M. Volney very properly commences this with the dodecarchy—as of the earlier periods only the time of Sesostris, 1365, is ascertained;—and arranges it in the following manner.
| B. C. | |
| Dodecarchy | 671—656. |
| Psammetichus's sole dominion thirty-nine years | 656—617. |
| Reign of Neco, sixteen years | 617—601. |
| —— Psammis, six years | 601—595. |
| —— Apries, twenty-five years | 595—570. |
| —— Amasis, forty-four years | 570—526. |
| Psammenitus, six months | 525. |
| Conquest of Egypt by Cambyses |