Ancient egypt

Egypt Timeline

  • Coming of Farming
    5000 BCE

    Coming of Farming

    farming began by the Nile River
  • Pre-dynastic period
    3500 BCE

    Pre-dynastic period

    Unification of Egypt
  • Beginning of Old Kingdom
    2650 BCE

    Beginning of Old Kingdom

    Old Kingdom began
  • Great Pyramids of Giza are built
    2575 BCE

    Great Pyramids of Giza are built

    Djoser’s step pyramid at Sakkara was the first in the sequence of Pyramids to be built entirely of stone
  • Middle Kingdom begins
    2074 BCE

    Middle Kingdom begins

    Egypt is united and powerful
  • New Kingdom
    1539 BCE

    New Kingdom

    Egypt is reunited and became the leading power in the middle east
  • Reign of king Tut
    1336 BCE

    Reign of king Tut

    Tutankhamen reigns
  • height of Egyptian power
    1279 BCE

    height of Egyptian power

    The reign of Ramses II brings Egypt to the height of its power
  • New Kingdom Falls
    1150 BCE

    New Kingdom Falls

    New Kingdom falls
  • Assyrians take over
    656 BCE

    Assyrians take over

    Egypt is occupied by the Assyrians
  • Period of Revival
    639 BCE

    Period of Revival

    The Egyptians expel the Assyrians and begin a period of revival
  • Persians take over
    525 BCE

    Persians take over

    Egypt is conquered by the Persians
  • Alexander the Great takes over
    332 BCE

    Alexander the Great takes over

    Egypt is conquered by Alexander the Great
  • Cleopatra dies
    30 BCE

    Cleopatra dies

    Cleopatra, the last queen of independent Egypt in ancient times, dies, and Egypt is annexed by the Roman Empire