HIstory of Ancient Egypt

By Aidan07
  • 3500 BCE

    Early Settlers in the Nile Valley

  • 3100 BCE

    Hieroglyphic script developed

  • 3100 BCE

    Narmer unified Upper and Lower Egypt

  • 2700 BCE

    First stone pyramid built

  • 2600 BCE

    Pyramids of Giza built

  • 2200 BCE

    Various kings ruled Egypt

  • 2055 BCE

    Mentuhotep II gained control of entire country

  • 1900 BCE

    Earliest parts of Temple of Karnak built

  • 1900 BCE

    Agricultural development of the Faiyum

  • 1900 BCE

    Egyptians control Nubia

  • 1700 BCE

    Hyksos rulers took control of Delta region

  • 1600 BCE

    Ahmose unified country

  • 1500 BCE

    Hatshepsut became pharaoh

  • 1400 BCE

    Akhenaten changed Egyptian religion

  • 1400 BCE

    Tutankhamun became pharaoh

  • 1400 BCE

    Traditional religion returned

  • 1300 BCE

    Hypostyle hall built at Temple of Karnak

  • 1274 BCE

    Ramesses II fought in Battle of Kadesh

  • 1100 BCE

    Upper and Lower Egypt split

  • 728 BCE

    Nubian king Piy conquered Egypt

  • 671 BCE

    Assyrians attacked Egypt

  • 525 BCE

    Persians conquered Egypt

  • 332 BCE

    Alexander the Great conquered Egypt

  • 305 BCE

    Ptolemy I became pharaoh

  • 196 BCE

    Rosetta Stone carved

  • 31 BCE

    Battle of Actium

  • 30 BCE

    Cleopatra VII died

  • 300

    Last use of hieroglyphic writing

  • 642

    Egypt conquered by Arabs

  • 820

    Caliph al Mamun entered the Great Pyramid

  • 969

    City of Cairo founded

  • 969

    Casing blocks stripped off Giza pyramids

  • 1517

    Ottoman Turks ruled Egypt

  • Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt

  • Rosetta Stone found

  • Travellers and explorers began uncovering the monuments of ancient Egyp

  • Hieroglyphs deciphered

  • Suez Canal built

  • Egyptologists began formal excavations in Egypt

  • Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun

  • Egypt became independent

  • Aswan High Dam built