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305
Ptolemy ii became pharoh
Ptolemy was a good fried of Alexander th great, when Alexander died in 323 B.C, Alexander's generals fought over how to divide up his empire. Ptolemy gained control over Egypt and his family ruled Egypt folr over 275 years. This is called the Ptolemy period. -
332
Alexander the Great conqured Egypt
Alexander the Great came from Macedonia, he conqured Greese an the Lavant before he was even 20 years old. But Alexander wanted more power, so he went onto conqure Egypt in 332 B.C. After Alexander finished up with Egypt, he went to fight his battles in the Near East. -
525
Persians conqured Egypt
The Persians came from the Near East. They had control over Egypt from 525-332 B.C. Dutring this time, there was a huge battle called: The battle of Pelusium. This attack was very deadly. The battle wa between Achaemenid Empire and Egypt. -
May 13, 671
Assyraians attacked Egypt
The Assyrians came from Mesoptamia, they attacked and conqured Egypt in 669 B.C and they had completre control over Egypt until 525 B.C -
May 12, 1100
Upper and lower Egypt split
Upper and lower Egypt began to have probles wirh one another, They chose tp spit because of different dynasties and pharohs were ruling/believing in differnet things such as agriculture and religion. Things were changing and so was Egypt. -
May 12, 1274
Ramsesses II fought in battle of Kadesh
Remesses ii ruled for 66 years from 1279-1213BC. Ramesses had many temples builf for himself, he was known for being a great militaty leader. The battle of Kadesh was probably the largest chariot battle faught. It involved over 6000 chariots. -
May 12, 1300
Hypostyle hall wad build
Hypostyle hall is a large room with many colums, the hypostyle hall is located in karnak, Its the largest room with halls of its kind. It has over 134 large stone colums. The hall covers an area of over 50,000 square feet. The roof has now already fallen off but the Hypostyle hall is still supported by 134 colums in 16 rows each collum is between 33-80 feet high. -
May 12, 1400
Tutankhamum became Pharoah
Tutankhamun only ruled for 9 years but he is one of the most wel known ruler of all time. King Tut was only 8 or 9 when he became king, He was born in 1341 B.C and died in 1323 B.C he was only 18 when he died, he died from a blow to the back of the head, scientists now think that he was murderd. But thats a mystry lost in time. -
May 12, 1500
Hatshepsut became pharoh
Hatshepsut was actually the first female pharoh in Egypt and that was very unusual. She ruled from 1473-1458 BC. She was a very peaceful leader and she even built tons of monuments such as Qasr Ibrim, Semna, Faras and Buhen. -
Ahmose unified country
Ahmose was a pharoah who ruled in 1500-1525 BC. Ahmose actually chased and threw out the Hyksos out of egypy because some people in Egypt didn't support what the Hyksos people believed in. Ahmose became the pharoah of upper and lower egypt because of this act. -
Hyksos rulerrs took control over the Delta
Hyksos were a group of people who settled in Egypt at the end of the Middle Kingdom, they brought many new ideas and technology to the people of Egypt such as the Chariot. -
Agriculture develeped of the Faiyum
Faiyum is known as a large fetile area in the middle of the Nile river, the one main branch carries water down into the Western Desert. -
Cleopatra VII died.
Cleopatea was one of Egypts more famous queens. She was well educated and spoke many langauges. Cleopatra is also very well known for having love afiars with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. -
Rossetta stone was carved
In 196 B.C, a steel stone was carved into, the stone had the agremnet between two groups of people, a group or priests and the Egyption government. The stone is witten in 3 different scripts, it was used in anchient Egypt at the time: Hierogyphic, demoic and ancinet Greese. -
Nubian king ¨Piy¨ conqued Egypt
Egypt is a powerful place, with powerful civilaation. During 1000B.C Egypts power had began to fall short. There was no longer a major source of power or ruling. But before anyone could understand what was going on, Egypt had become a corupt palce. Then one nubisn ruler named king Piye started to take over Egypt. Nubians had different forms of governement and ways of conroling peole. In 740 B.C King Piye ruled upper Egypt and Nubia. During his time he wanteed to make some changes, Caprure Egypt. -
Mentuhotep gained control over all of Egypt
Mentuhotep the second ruled in the 11th dynasty, he ruled until he was 51 years old. Mentuhotep's name mean Pleased is the Lord Re. During his ruling he had destroyed parts of Egypt incuding parts of Nubia and Abydos. -
Varipus kings ruled Egypt
For about 150 years Egypt has had over 150+ rulers for upper and lower Egypt. That is because the government colappsed and Egypt was forced to chose different rules as time went on. -
First stone pyramid was built
The first stone pyramids were actually step pyramids. It waas built over 4,700 years ago in Saqqara Egypt. -
Hierglyphic script was develeped
The Hieroglyphic script was one of the first complete scripts to be used in anchient Egypt, the Egyptions used it for over 3500+ years, It was used to keep records. -
Eatly Settlers in the Nile Valley
Early settlers came to the Nile Valley because of fine land and soil, perfect for growing crops.
