Ancient Egypt

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  • 11,000 BCE

    Settlement in the Nile Valley

    People began to settle in the Nile Valley. They started hunting and gathering food, then began to grow crops, have animals and build homes on the river banks.
  • 6000 BCE

    Irrigation Begins

    The Egyptian people took advantage of the Nile's annual flooding and began irrigating their fields.
  • 3100 BCE

    King Menes Unites Upper and Lower Egypt

    King Menes changes Egyptian history by reuniting the two kingdoms. Kings now wore a double crown.
  • Period: 3100 BCE to 2100 BCE

    Old Kingdom (Age of Pyramids)

  • 2600 BCE

    Pharaoh Khufu orders construction of Great Pyramid

  • 2533 BCE

    Great Sphinx Completed

  • Period: 2100 BCE to 1800 BCE

    Middle Kingdom

  • Period: 1991 BCE to 1786 BCE

    Egypt expands to Lower Nubia. Art/literature flourish.

  • Period: 1800 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Hyksos Rule

  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE

    New Kingdom (Egyptian Empire)

  • Period: 1504 BCE to 1450 BCE

    Reign of Thutmose III; empire expands to Syria.

  • Period: 1503 BCE to 1482 BCE

    Queen Hatshepsut rules.

  • 1500 BCE

    Egyptians build a mighty empire.

  • 1100 BCE

    End of Egyptian Empire

  • Rosetta Stone discovered