Egypt

Egypt

By Ferran Milián
  • The Heroglyphics
    3000 BCE

    The Heroglyphics

    The begining of the writing with heroglyphics.
  • The first Capital: Memphis
    3000 BCE

    The first Capital: Memphis

    They establish Memphis like the capital of Egypt. It was the first one.
  • The Calendar
    3000 BCE

    The Calendar

    They set the solar calendar that we use actually, because the other calendar that they have, it was wrong.
  • Period: 3000 BCE to 2050 BCE

    Old Kingdom

  • Upper and Lower Egypt
    2850 BCE

    Upper and Lower Egypt

    Upper and lower Egypt join together and they have the upper and lower crown.
  • The first Pyramid
    2611 BCE

    The first Pyramid

    The first pyramid it was the pyramid Djoser it was created by Imhotep. Its considered one of the older monuments of the history.
  • Mentuhotep II Temple
    2050 BCE

    Mentuhotep II Temple

    It was a funeral temple, it is in the Deir el-Bahari valley and it was the first construccion of the valley.
  • Period: 2050 BCE to 1580 BCE

    Middle Kingdom

  • Thebes, the new Capital
    2040 BCE

    Thebes, the new Capital

    Thebes is tried for be the new capital of Egypt.
  • Period: 1580 BCE to 1100 BCE

    New Kingdom

  • Deir el-Bahari
    1500 BCE

    Deir el-Bahari

    The egyptians started to use this valley to built funerals temples.
  • The Temple of Hatshepsut
    1483 BCE

    The Temple of Hatshepsut

    The temple of Hatshepsut is a funeral temple in the valley Deir el-Bahari.
  • Period: 1100 BCE to 31 BCE

    Foreign Rule

  • The Persians
    525 BCE

    The Persians

    The Persians invade Egypt in the Pelusium battle.
  • The Rosetta Stone
    196 BCE

    The Rosetta Stone

    In 196 BCE/BC they did a stone that a lot of years later will be very important, because Jean-François Champollion thanks to this stone, with 19 years of investigation he could discover what meaning have the heroglyphics.