Ancient Egypt

The End of Ancient Egypt

3150 BCE

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeastern Africa concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. It is one of six civilizations to arise independently

The Old Kingdom

2686 BCE

The Old Kingdom is the name given to the period in the third millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization the first of three so called Kingdom periods which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile Valley.

King Tut

1366 BCE

King Tut is an 18th dynasty pharaoh who inherited the throne in a young age. His reign was short lived and upon his death he quickly faded into the sands of Egypt. Once forgotten King Tut now remains one of Egypt’s grandest icons.

The Battle of Kadesh

1274 BCE

The Battle of Kadesh took place between the forces of the Egyptian Empire under Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II at the city of Kadesh on the Orontes River just upstream of Lake Homs near the modern Syrian Lebanese border.

Alexander The Great

356 BCE

Alexander III of Macedon commonly known as Alexander the Great was a king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty. Born in Pella in 356 BC Alexander succeeded his father Philip II to the throne at the age of twenty.

The Nile River

233 BCE

The Nile River is 6,853 km 4,258 mile long. The Nile is an international river as its water resources are shared by Egypt. In particular, the Nile is the primary water source of Egypt

Cleopatra VII

69 BCE

Cleopatra VII Philopator known to history simply as Cleopatra was the last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt briefly survived as pharaoh by her son Caesarion. After her reign Egypt became a province of the recently established Roman Empire.