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3500 BCE
3500 BC
Early settlers in the Nile valley -
3100 BCE
Hieroglyphic script developed- 3100
Narmer unified upper and lower Eygpt -
2700 BCE
2700 BC
First stone pyramid built -
2600 BCE
2600 BC
Pyramids of Giza built -
2200 BCE
2200 BC
Various kinds ruled -
2055 BCE
2055 BC
Mentuhotep II gained control of the entire country -
1900 BCE
1922- Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun 1953- Egypt became independent 1960- Aswan High Dam built
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1800 BCE
Travellers and explorers began uncovering the monuments of ancient Egypt 1822- Hieroglyphs deciphered 1859- 1869 Suez Canal built Egyptologists began formal excavations in Egypt
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1798 BCE
1798- Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt 1799- Rosetta Stone found
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1700 BCE
1700 BC
Hyksos rulers took control of the Delta region -
1600 BCE
1600 BC
Ahmose unifed country -
729 BCE
728
Nubian king conquered Egypt -
671 BCE
671
Assyrians attacked Egypt -
525 BCE
525
Persians conquered Egypt -
300 BCE
300 c
Hypostyle hall built in 1274. Ramesses II fought in Battle of Kadesh -
100 BCE
100C
Upper and lower Egypt split