Ancient Egypt and Kush By CookedBacon829 5000 BCE Small farming villages settle along the Nile 3100 BCE Heiroglyphics Develop 2750 BCE Mummification Begins 2500 BCE Kings begin to be buried in pyramid tombs 2100 BCE Egyptians prosper and build up their army 2000 BCE Classical literature becomes popular 1750 BCE Horses and Chariots introduced 1200 BCE King Tut becomes pharaoh at age nine Period: 1085 BCE to 656 BCE Period of Political instability egypt breaks into dynasties Period: 656 BCE to 332 BCE Late period -Assyrians attack Egypt -Persians invade and occupy Egypt - Alexander the Great conquers Egypt for the Greeks