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5500 BCE
Pre-Dynastic Period
Began when farmers first moved into the Nile valley from Western Asia, and ended when the dynastic rule of Egypt began.
Split into four periods:
Early Predynastic (Badarian) (5000-3900 BC)
Middle Predynastic (Nagada I or Amratian) (3900-3650 BC)
Late Predynastic (Nagada II or Gerzean) (3650-3300 BC)
Terminal Predynastic (Nagada III or Proto-Dynastic) (3300-3050 BC) -
2700 BCE
Old Kingdom Begins
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2690 BCE
Pharaoh Khasekhemwy stops violent disputes
Also unites northern and southern Egypt. -
2686 BCE
Third dynasty
Began with Djoser. -
2648 BCE
Imhotep published medical documents
Djoser's vizier detailed the diagnosis and cure of 200 diseases. -
2613 BCE
The 4th Dynasty begins with Sneferu.
During his reign, he builds the first straight-side pyramid, known as the Red Pyramid. -
2584 BCE
Khufu has the Great Pyramid of Giza built
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2558 BCE
Khafra, son of Khufu, becomes ruler
The Sphinx is built for pharaoh Khafra sometime during his reign. He also built the second largest pyramid of Giza. -
2494 BCE
The 5th Dynasty begins with Userkaf.
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2345 BCE
The 6th Dynasty begins with Teti.
His reign was said to have lasted about 12 years. -
2332 BCE
Pepi I, son of Teti, becomes ruler.
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2283 BCE
Pepi I passes away
He is buried in a pyramid in South Saqqar. -
2100 BCE
Old Kingdom Ends
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2055 BCE
Middle Kingdom Begins
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2040 BCE
Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II wins the civil war
Also reunites Egypt, makes Thebes the capital of Egypt, establishes the 11th dynasty and builds the mortuary complex of Deir el Bahri -
2000 BCE
The first obelisks are erected
At Heliopolis (Cairo), the site of the cult of Ra/Atum -
1991 BCE
Amenemhet I rises to power
Beginning the 12th Dynasty, probably by overthrowing Mentuhotep IV. He relocates the capital from Thebes to Itjtawy, south of Memphis. -
1975 BCE
Amenemhet builds the pyramid of Hawara
With its labyrinth -
1844 BCE
Amenemhet III comes to reign.
Considered the golden age of the Middle Kingdom Period. He constructs the Labyrinth at Harawa -
1797 BCE
Amenemhet III passes away
The 12th Dynasty starts declining -
1700 BCE
Middle Kingdom Ends
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1550 BCE
New Kingdom begins
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1550 BCE
The 18th Dynasty begins with Ahmose I
He built some of the last pyramids in Eygpt and laid the foundation for the New Kingdom Period. -
1525 BCE
Amenhotep I begins his reign.
He begins his reign after Ahmose I passes away. -
1504 BCE
Amenhotep I passes away.
Thutmose I, his brother-in-law, rises to power. -
1500 BCE
The Egyptian Empire expands
Empire expands as far as the Euphrates. -
1492 BCE
Thutmose I passes away
After taking throne from his brother-in-law-, Amenhotep I. First pharaoh to be buried in the Valley of the Kings in a tomb cut in the rock. -
1479 BCE
Thutmose III rises to power
After Thutmose I passes away. Reorganizes the bureaucracy of the empire’s military. -
1458 BCE
Thutmose III conquers Syria.
He is is victorious against the Mitannis. -
1450 BCE
Egyptians develops the sundial.
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1333 BCE
King Tutankhamun becomes the ruler of Egypt.
After taking the throne from his father, Amenhotep VI -
1319 BCE
General Horemheb rises to the throne
He appoints Ramesses I as the next pharaoh which begins the 19th Dynasty. -
1224 BCE
Ramesses II passes away.
The Grandson of Ramesses I -
1196 BCE
The 20th Dynasty begins with Sethnakhte
After his death, his son Ramesses III takes the throne -
1070 BCE
The New Kingdom Ends
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728 BCE
Egypt is conquered by Nubian kings
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656 BCE
Egypt is occupied by the Assyrians
But the Egyptians expel the Assyrians and begin a period of revival -
525 BCE
Egypt is conquered by the Persians
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332 BCE
Egypt is conquered by Alexander the Great
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305 BCE
Ptolemy found a Greek-speaking dynasty
Ptolemy was one of Alexander the Great's generals -
30 BCE
Cleopatra dies
She was the last queen of independent Egypt in ancient times,and Egypt is annexed by the Roman Empire
