Ancient Egypt

By Wij0003
  • 8000 BCE

    People start forming settlements in the nile valley

  • 3200 BCE

    Earliest known evidence of hieroglyphic writing

  • 3100 BCE

    Kingdoms of upper and lower Egypt unite as one country under the first pharaoh; Menes

  • 2650 BCE

    First stone pramid is built

  • 2500 BCE

    The Sphinx and Great Pyramid of Giza are build and Egyptians start experimenting with mummifying dead bodies

  • 2100 BCE

    The Book of the Dead starts being used in funeral ceremonies

  • 1550 BCE

    Construction of many of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings

  • 1332 BCE

    Tutankhamen becomes pharaoh at the age of 9 and dies 10 years later

  • 332 BCE

    Egypt is invaded by Alexander the Great and made part of his empire

  • 51 BCE

    Cleopatra becomes pharaoh of Egypt and rules for 21 years

  • 30 BCE

    Cleopatra commits suicide and Egypt becomes part of the Roman Empire

  • Egyptians start building walled towns and villages; the first building are made of mud brick