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Egypt

By Laia Casado López
  • 3000 BCE

    Egypt in 3000 BC

    Egypt in 3000 BC
  • 3000 BCE

    Capital

    Capital
    The capital of the Old Kingdom was Memphis
  • Period: 3000 BCE to 2050 BCE

    Old kingdom

  • 2650 BCE

    Firts Step Piramide

    Firts Step Piramide
    Imhotep, Ra high priest at Heliopolis and Djoser’s chancellor, builds a pyramid (or, the Step Pyramid) at Saqqara, the necropolis of Memphis, for Djoser.
  • 2613 BCE

    First straight-side pyramid

    First straight-side pyramid
    The 4th Dynasty begins with Sneferu. In his reign, he builds in Dahshur the first straight-side pyramid, known as the Red Pyramid.
  • 2589 BCE

    Reign

    Reign
    Sneferu passes away and Khufu (Cheops) begins his reign. Other than having the Great Pyramid of Giza built, not much as documented about him and his reign.
  • 2050 BCE

    Capital

    Capital
    The capital of the Middle Kingdom was Thebes
  • 2050 BCE

    Egypt in 2050 BC

    Egypt in 2050 BC
  • Period: 2050 BCE to 1580 BCE

    Middle Kingdom

  • 2010 BCE

    Reign

    Reign
    Mentuhotep II dies and is succeeded by Mentuhotep III, who was already quite old after his father’s 51-year reign. Despite this, Mentuhotep III was able to explore to Punt and innovate new architecture.
  • 1700 BCE

    South Egypt

    South Egypt
    The Kingdom of Kush is established south of Egypt
  • 1580 BCE

    Egypt in 1580 BC

    Egypt in 1580 BC
  • Period: 1580 BCE to 1100 BCE

    New Kingdom

  • 1550 BCE

    The 18th Dynasty

    The 18th Dynasty
    The 18th Dynasty begins with Ahmose I, who rises to power. He built some of the last pyramids in Eygpt and laid the foundation for the New Kingdom Period.
  • 1300 BCE

    The Canal

    Egyptians construct a canal to connect the Red Sea with the Nile River.
  • 1279 BCE

    Capital

    Capital
    Pi-Ramesses was the capital of the XIX dynasty with Ramesses II
  • 1258 BCE

    The Treaty of Kadesh

    The Treaty of Kadesh
    The Treaty of Kadesh (world’s first peace treaty) between the Hittites and the Egyptians
  • 1100 BCE

    Egypt in 1100 BC

    Egypt in 1100 BC
  • Period: 1100 BCE to 31 BCE

    Foreign rule

  • 664 BCE

    Capital

    Capital
    One of the capitals of 664BC was Sais
  • 332 BCE

    Statuette of Isis and Horus

    Statuette of Isis and Horus
    For the ancient Egyptians the image of the goddess Isis suckling her son Horus was a powerful symbol of rebirth that was carried into the Ptolemaic period and later transferred to Rome
  • 51 BCE

    Reign

    Reign
    Cleopatra VII Philopato, known by us Cleopatra was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
  • 31 BCE

    Egypt in 31 BC

    Egypt in 31 BC
  • 31 BCE

    The end

    The end
    Egypt ended when the Roman Empire defeats the lover of Cleopatra.

  • The first ovelisks

    The first ovelisks
    The first obelisks are erected at Heliopolis (Cairo), the site of the cult of Ra/Atum