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2686 BCE
Old Kingdom Begins
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2650 BCE
first stone pyramid built in Saqqara for the pharaoh Djoser
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2500 BCE
Building of Great Sphinx and Great Pyramid at Giza.
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2180 BCE
old kingdom ends
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2100 BCE
Book of the Dead starts being used in funeral ceremonies
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2055 BCE
middle kingdom begins
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1730 BCE
middle kingdom ends
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1550 BCE
new kingdom begins
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1550 BCE
Construction of many of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings
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1479 BCE
Hatshepsut, a woman, becomes pharaoh
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1274 BCE
Pharaoh Rameses II claims victory against his enemies, the Hittites, at the Battle of Kadesh
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1069 BCE
new kigdom ends
