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Acient Egypt timeline

By Julian_Wagner
  • Egypt is brought together

    Egypt is brought together

    King Menes units the villages of Upper and Lower Egypt
    - 3100 b.c.
  • Old Kingdom begins

    Old Kingdom begins

    a time of strong leadership andd a unified Egypt
    - 2700 b.c.
  • The Pyramids

    The Pyramids

    The building of the Great Pyramid of King Khufu at Giza
    - 2540 b.c.
  • First Intermediate Period bgins

    First Intermediate Period bgins

    Consisting of nearly 150 without centralized leadership
    - 2180 b.c.
  • Middle Kingdom begins

    Middle Kingdom begins

    This event triggers the start of a golden age of stablility and expansion into Afica and western Asia.
    - 2055 b.c.
  • New Kingdom begins

    New Kingdom begins

    through military campaigns Egypt becomes the most powerful empire in Southwest Asia
    - 1550 b.c.
  • Hatshepsut dies

    Hatshepsut dies

    Hatshepsut dies and Thutmose III becomes pharaoh.
    - 1470 b.c.

  • Akhenaten takes the throne

    Akhenaten establishes a monotheistic cult, religious disputes cause unrest.
    - 1364 b.c.
  • tutankhamen's reign begins

    tutankhamen's reign begins

    He restores the old gods to Egyptian society.
    131347 b.c.
  • The reign of Ramses II begins

    The reign of Ramses II begins

    He fights to regain control of lands in Africa and western Asia
    - 1279 b.c.