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In 3000 BC the Pharaoh of the Upper kingdom united with the Lower kingdom. Successive dynasties witness flourishing trade, prosperity and the development of great cultural traditions. Writing, including hieroglyphics.
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2686-2160 BC was the Old Kingdom era. This is when the pyramids were being biult. 2000 BC Egypt started to break apart and form smaller kingdoms
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2160-2040 BC. In 2040 BC, the pharaohs managed to pull Egypt back together
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2040-1633 BC. They stopped building pyramids. In 1800 BC the pharoahs lost power again
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1786-1558 BC. People from the north called the Hyksos invaded Egypt and ruled Lower Egypt for a while. They introduced horses and chariots, the egyptians learned how to use them for war
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1558-1085 BC this is the time when the Bible talks about the Jews being slaves in Egypt
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1085-525 BC during the Third Intermediate Period, East African kings from south of Egypt in Nubia ruled most of Egypt.
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In 525 BC, Cambyses, the Persian King, brought an army to Egypt and conquered Egypt, and made Egypt part of the Persian Empire.
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332-30 BC this time is also called the Hellenistic. The Hellenistic was the time of Cleopatra, who was a Greek woman and also pharaoh in Egypt.
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31 BC Egypt comes under Roman rule; Queen Cleopatra commits suicide after Octavian's army defeats her forces.
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969 - Cairo established as capital.
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Mameluke rule, characterised by great prosperity and well-ordered civic institutions.
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Egypt absorbed into the Turkish Ottoman empire
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Suez Canal built
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British troops take control of Egypt
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Fu'ad I becomes King of Egypt and Egypt gains its independence.
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Evacuation Treaty signed. British forces, who began a gradual withdrawal in 1936 finally leave Egypt.
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Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic (UAR) in the first step of their aim for Arab unity.
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The Suez Canal is re-opened after 12 years
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Egypt, Lebanon and Syria agree on a billion-dollar project for a pipeline to carry Egyptian gas under the Mediterranean to the Lebanese port of Tripoli
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President Mubarak steps down and hands power to the army council.
