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3000 BCE
Menes unites Egipt
Menes ruled the upper Egypt, he conquered the lower Egypt and made it a country but it didn't work so he made a special ruling system and made the lower and upper Egypt. -
Period: 2649 BCE to 2150 BCE
Old Kingdom
Egypt’s Old Kingdom (Dynasties 3–6, ca. 2649–2150 B.C.) was one of the most dynamic periods in the development of Egyptian art. During this period, artists learned to express their culture’s worldview, creating for the first time images and forms that endured for generations. -
Period: 2030 BCE to 1782 BCE
Middle Kingdom
On this era they made their best art and literature works. -
1720 BCE
Hyksos conquer egypt
These Hyksos melted easily into Egyptian society at first; eventually they became very powerful,
and finally, in a coup, they came to rule the whole of Northern Egypt,
imposing one of their people as the legitimate Pharaoh. -
Period: 1570 BCE to 1069 BCE
New Kingdom
The New Kingdom is the most completely documented period in Egyptian history. Literacy had expanded during the Middle Kingdom (2040-1782 BCE) and Second Intermediate Period so that, by the time of the New Kingdom, more people were writing and sending letters. -
Period: 1479 BCE to 26 BCE
Reign of Tutemose III
Thutmose III was the son of Thutmose II; his mother was one of the king's minor wives or concubines, named Isis. Since there was no prince with a better claim to the throne, the boy was crowned king on the early death of his father; he was about 10 at the time and was betrothed to the heiress, his half-sister Neferure. -
Period: 1473 BCE to 58 BCE
Reign of Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut, the elder daughter of the 18th-dynasty king Thutmose I and his consort Ahmose, was married to her half brother Thutmose II, son of the lady Mutnofret. Since three of Mutnofret’s older sons had died prematurely, Thutmose II inherited his father’s throne about 1492 bce, with Hatshepsut as his consort. -
Period: 1279 BCE to 1213 BCE
Reign of Ramses II
was known to the Egyptians as Userma’atre’setepenre, which means 'Keeper of Harmony and Balance, Strong in Right, Elect of Ra’. He is also known also as Ozymandias and as Ramesses the Great. -
525 BCE
Persians conquer egypt
The Persians ruled Egypt from 525 BC, successfully fighting off the Libyans. After the Greek victory at Marathon in 490 BC, the Egyptians revolted (in 484 and again in 460 BC) with the help of the Athenians, but unsuccessfully. -
332 BCE
Greeks conquer egypt
Alexander the great had take Egypt from the Persians and made it part of the Greek empire.
