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Years |
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Periods / Dynasties |
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Main events |
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3100-2950
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Late Predynastic Period |
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- Earliest known hieroglyphic writing
- Foundation of the Egyptian state
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2950-2575
BC |
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Early Dynastic Period
(1st-3rd Dynasties) |
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- Creation of the capital city of Memphis
- Intensive contact with Palestine
- The first pyramid is built - the Step Pyramid at
Saqqara
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2575-2150
BC |
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Old Kingdom
(4th-8th Dynasties)
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- The Great Pyramids are built at Dahshur and Giza
- Pyramids and elite tombs include the first extensive
inscriptions
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2125-1975
BC |
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1st Intermediate Period
(9th-11th Dynasties) |
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- Egypt splits into two smaller states, ruled from
Memphis in the north and Thebes in the south
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1975-1640
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Middle Kingdom
(11th-14th Dynasties)
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- Mentuhotep reunites Egypt
- Amenemhat I founds a new royal residence near Memphis
- Egypt conquers Lower Nubia under Senwosret I and
III
- Classical period of art and literature
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1630- 1520
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2nd Intermediate Period
(15th-17th Dynasties) |
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- Hyksos kings seize power in the north
- Theban 17th dynasty in the south
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1539-1075
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New Kingdom
(18th-20th Dynasties)
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- Egyptian empire in Near East and Nubia
- Elaborate tombs of the Valley of Kings
- Rule of woman pharaoh Hatshepsut
- King Akhenaten attempts
to introduce a monotheistic religion
- Brief reign of Tutankhamun
- Ramesses
II rules for 67 years
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1075-715
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3rd Intermediate Period
(21st-25th Dynasties) |
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- Disunity and Libyan settlement in Egypt
- Nubians conquer Egypt (late 8th century)
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715-332 BC |
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Late Period
(20th-30th Dynasties,
2nd Persian Period) |
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- Egypt conquered briefly by Assyrians
- Cultural revival under kings from Sais
- Persian conquest of Egypt (525 BC)
- Egypt independent again (404-343 BC)
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332 BC-395
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Greco-Roman Period
(Macedonians, Ptolemies,
and Romans)
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- Alexander the Great occupies Egypt
- Alexander's general, Ptolemy, becomes king and founds
a dynasty
- The Rosetta Stone is carved (196 BC)
- Cleopatra VII reigns (51-30 BC)
- Egypt becomes a province of the Roman Empire (30
BC)
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