Ancient Egypt

Settling in the Nile Valley

11,000 BCE

The ancient Egyptians settled there themselves on a narrow strip on soil along both sides of the bank of the Nile. Beyond this was barren land and rugged cliffs, and also hot deserts.

Natural Mummies

3400 BCE

The Gebelein predynastic mummies. They were the original mummies and they were way different from what they are now. The only people that were able to be mummified were people that were more rich than others such as the kings and queens.

Invention of Writing

3250 BCE

They created this writing to talk to each other and this is how they communicated for thousands of years. And a lot of writing collects a lot of important information

Evolution of writing (2700 BC)

2700 BCE

This is when they first started writing there and it grows to great impact for the future on how they communicate. They made it so it's easier and more quickly to write. Early on they wrote it into stone

The Great Pyramids (2600-2500 BC)

2600 BCE

There was three gant stone pyramids built in Giza. The one pyramid was made for the king Khafre, and it guarded by huge stone phinx with a lion body and kinds head.

Peace and Prosperity (1860 BC)

1860 BCE

Senusret lll rules as the king. He then starts to expand the territory controlled by Egypt, and this was during his 39 year reign, ad well as Egypt being wealthy and powerful.

Female on Throne

1799 BCE

Queen Neferusobek is one of the first female rulers in Egypt. She was the first ruler associated with a crocodile god.

Expanding the Empire

1500 BCE

When they expanded they found gold and semi precious stones. The Egyptians take full control of Nubia.It is the region south of Egypt.

The Female Pharaoh

1473 BCE

Hatshepsut begins to rule Egypt. Only because of her stepson Thutmose lll was too young to rule. The most famous monument is a temple made for her.

Rise and fall of Aten

1352 BCE

Akhenaten is now king. He is the one to beleive that the sun disc should br worshipped, Aten, should only be worshipped as a sun god. He discouraged the worship of other gods.

Tutankhamun/ the boy king

1336 BCE

Tutankhamun then became king at the young age of 19 years old, and in the 1900's some archaeologists found that his tomb was in the Valley of the Kings.

Ramses the Great

1279 BCE

Rames ruled for 66 years, While he was ruling he built temples everywhere. and had meant statues of him put up. they were all in Egypt and concured land.

New embalming techniques

1000 BCE

The mummification process is changed once again, and instead of placing the internal organs into special jars, they are put back into the dried body.

Kushite Strength

728 BCE

Kings from a region to the south called Kush conquered Egypt. the Kushite kings ruled Egypt until about 664 BC. The last Kushite king of Egypt is called Tantamani.

Emergence of demotic script

700 BCE

This writing is way faster and easier to write, this writing is used for business and now everyday writing for Egypt.

Legacy of Alexander the Great

332 BCE

After King Alexander of Macedon conquers Egypt, the country is ruled by his next in line, who becomes King Ptolemy. His descendants continue to rule for 300 years after that.

The Rosetta Stone

196 BCE

it is a broken important monumental stone slab, which is a recorded agreement between an Egyptian priest and King Ptolemy V.

Cleopatra the last Egyptian queen

51 BCE

She was the last independent ruler of egypt. she also spoke two fluent languages which are greek and egyptian.

The New Mummification Tradition

30 BCE

They had a new tradition come along to bring the mummification to life by painting pictures of the dead person on the board they were inside.

The Last Hieroglyph

26 BCE

The last known Hieroglyph is painted on the outside of a wall at the temple of Philae in southern Egypt.