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Egypt is brought together
King Menes units the villages of Upper and Lower Egypt
- 3100 b.c. -
Old Kingdom begins
a time of strong leadership andd a unified Egypt
- 2700 b.c. -
The Pyramids
The building of the Great Pyramid of King Khufu at Giza
- 2540 b.c. -
First Intermediate Period bgins
Consisting of nearly 150 without centralized leadership
- 2180 b.c. -
Middle Kingdom begins
This event triggers the start of a golden age of stablility and expansion into Afica and western Asia.
- 2055 b.c. -
New Kingdom begins
through military campaigns Egypt becomes the most powerful empire in Southwest Asia
- 1550 b.c. -
Hatshepsut dies
Hatshepsut dies and Thutmose III becomes pharaoh.
- 1470 b.c. -
Akhenaten takes the throne
Akhenaten establishes a monotheistic cult, religious disputes cause unrest.
- 1364 b.c. -
tutankhamen's reign begins
He restores the old gods to Egyptian society.
131347 b.c. -
The reign of Ramses II begins
He fights to regain control of lands in Africa and western Asia
- 1279 b.c.
