Andrew Mack - Ancient Egyptian Timeline

The first Egyptian pyramid is built

2950 BCE

The Step Pyramid at Saqqara for King Zoser (aka Djoser) who was one of the kings of the 3rd Dynasty

The 18th-20th Egyptian Dynasties New Kingdom and the building of the tombs of the Valley of Kings

1539 BCE

The great Pharaohs included Hatshepsut, Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, Tuthmosis and Ramesses II.
King Akhenaten established a new religious order worshipping the sun god Aten.
During this time the Egyptians developed a permanent army
Ramesses XI was the last of the rulers of the New Kingdom.

King Thutmose III and Ancient Egypt reached the height of its power

1400 BCE

King Thutmose III and Ancient Egypt reached the height of its power when military expeditions brought the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea under Egyptian rule.

Alexander the Great leads Egypt

332 BCE

Alexander the Great occupies Egypt and his general, Ptolemy, becomes king and founds a dynasty. Greek culture was spread throughout Egypt during this dynasty. The city of Alexandria was founded and became famous for the Great Library and the great Lighthouse of Alexandria which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The Rosetta Stone is carved

169 BCE

The Rosetta Stone was written in all three scripts so that the priests, government officials and rulers of Egypt could read what it said. The Rosetta Stone was found by French soldiers who were rebuilding a fort in Egypt.

Queen Cleopatra VII of the Ptolemies marries Mark Antony

37 BCE

Cleopatra, queen of Egypt and lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, takes her life following the defeat of her forces against Octavian, the future first emperor of Rome. Her brother was made King Ptolemy XIII at the same time, and the siblings ruled Egypt under the formal title of husband and wife.

Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra in the sea Battle of Actium

31 BCE

The Battle of Actium was the decisive confrontation of the Final War of the Roman Republic, a naval engagement between Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra on 2 September 31 BC, on the Ionian Sea near the promontory of Actium, in the Roman province of Epirus Vetus in Greece.

Egypt becomes a province of the Roman Empire

30 BCE

One year later, Octavian arrived in Alexandria and defeated the Egyptian army. In 30 BC, Egypt became an official Roman Province. For several hundred years, Egypt was a source of great wealth for Rome. When Rome split in the 4th century, Egypt became a part of the Eastern Roman Empire (also called Byzantium).

The Roman empire split into West and East and Egypt became part of the Byzantine Empire

395

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Faith, İstanbul, and formerly Byzantium).

Fatimid rulers seized Egypt and founded the Egyptian city Al Qahirah

969

The Fatimid Caliphate was a Shia Islamic caliphate that spanned a large area of North Africa. It is modern day Cairo.