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Diophantus of Alexandria writes the "Arithmetica", a treaty on the solution of algebraic equations and on the theory of numbers
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Alexander dies at Babylon and Ptolemy inherits Egypt
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Alexander the Great conquers egypt!
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Egyptians build a canal connecting the Nile and the Red Sea
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Egyptians use the sundial which is an instrument showing the time by the shadow of a pointer cast by the sun onto a plate marked with the hours of the day.
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Work begins on the huge religious complex of Karnak to the god Amon at Luxor (Thebes)
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Ahmose I becomes pharaoh ("new kingdom", 18th dynasty)
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An Asian population, the Hyksos, Semitic people from Palestine, seizes power in northern Egypt (the Delta), with capital in Avaris, and introduces the horse-driven chariot (15th and 16th dynasties)
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Cleopatra VII Ptolemy becomes queen of Egypt (last of the Greek monarchs)
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Egyptian Book of the Dead which explains deaths of Egypt
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The Egyptions started making music and started writing Poetry
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Egyptians write on papyrus which is a new skill they picked up.
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The Egyptions had a writing method called Hieroglythics
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Egyptians invent the sail which was a remarkable discovery!
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Egyptians trace their origins to the Mount Rwenzori range in East Africa