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2925 BCE
Menes unites Egypt
Menes was the first person that unified upper and lower Egypt into one big civilization, afetr the Menes unified Egypt it was seen as the dawn of egyptian civilization and established the famous capital city of Memphis -
Period: 2613 BCE to 2181 BCE
Old kingdom
The old kingdom, also named age of the pyramids or pyramid building, though the Old kingdom is mostly known for the buildings made but for historian Marc van de Mieroop suggests the construction of the pyramids of Giza shows a strong government and high level of bureaucracy. -
Period: 2040 BCE to 1782 BCE
Middle Kingdom
It is seen as the classical age in which the culture produced the greatest works of art and literature it may constitute of the late 11th through the 13th or 14th dynasties -
1720 BCE
Hyskos conquer Egypt
Egypt was invaded by people of palestinian origin known as the Hyksos, and soon the Hyksos became very powerful and ruled the northern part of egypt as the 15th dynasty -
Period: 1570 BCE to 1069 BCE
New Kingdom
This is the time of imperial Egypt in which the kingdom spread beyond their borders to create an empire it has the best known Pharaohs (the word was also adpted in the new kingdom) such as Hatshepsut, Thuthmoses III, Amenhotep III, Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, those of the 19th Dynasty like Seti I, Ramesses II (The Great), and Merenptah, and of the 20th Dynasty such as Ramesses III -
Period: 1490 BCE to 1468 BCE
Reign of Hatshepsut
Was the fisrt female absolute ruler of Egypt, was the 5th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, she begann her rule as a regent to her stepson Thuthmose III -
Period: 1479 BCE to 1426 BCE
Reign of Thutmose III
Of the 18th dynasty is often regarded as the greatest ruler of Ancient Egypt, he was a skilled warrior and took Egypt to the zenith of its power conquering entire Syria and crossing the Euphrates to conquer the Mitannians -
Period: 1279 BCE to 1213 BCE
Reign of Rameses II
As he was in reign he took Kadesh from the Hittites (or signed the first peace treaty in the world) he was paranoic with his death so he began an unprecedented rate of building huge cosntructions so he could be remembered, the buliding normally had his name or pictures of him imposing power -
525 BCE
Persian conquest of Egypt
Persians led by Ahmose II conquered Egypt, when they successfully defeated pharaoh Psamtik III. Cambyses defeated the egyptian in the Nile delta who were forced to retreat to memphis in the battle of pelusium -
332 BCE
Greek conquest of Egypt
Egypt was seized by Alexander the great in his mission to conquer the Persian empire. With Ptolemy (one of Alexander´s generals) took power by deposing Darius II he thought it was adequate to accept egyptian culture so he named himself pharaoh an unified the most important deitie of Greece and Egypt creating Zeus-Amon, and chenged the capital to Alexandria, and creating a dynasty lasting 300 years until the suicied of Cleopatra in 30 BCE
