ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS. By TYRONE_BIGGINZ Jan 30, 1901 King Menes reunites the villages of Upper and Lower Egypt c. 3100 BC Jan 30, 1902 Old Kingdom Begins c. 2700 BC Jan 30, 1903 King Khufu's Pyramid Consturcted at Gaza c. 2540 BC Jan 30, 1904 First Intermediate Period c. 2180 BC Jan 30, 1905 Middle Kingdom Begins c. 2055 BC Jan 30, 1906 New Kingdom Begins c. 1550 BC Jan 30, 1907 Hatsheout Dies, Thutmose III becomes pharaoh 1470 BC Jan 30, 1908 Akhenaten takes the thrones, starts cult, causes religious dispute c. 1364 BC Jan 30, 1909 Tutkhamen's reign begins,restores old gods 1347 bc Jan 30, 1910 Reign of Ramses II begins, vhe fights to regain control of lands in Africa and western Asia c. 1279 BC