HIstory of Ancient Egypt By Aidan07 3500 BCE Early Settlers in the Nile Valley 3100 BCE Hieroglyphic script developed 3100 BCE Narmer unified Upper and Lower Egypt 2700 BCE First stone pyramid built 2600 BCE Pyramids of Giza built 2200 BCE Various kings ruled Egypt 2055 BCE Mentuhotep II gained control of entire country 1900 BCE Earliest parts of Temple of Karnak built 1900 BCE Agricultural development of the Faiyum 1900 BCE Egyptians control Nubia 1700 BCE Hyksos rulers took control of Delta region 1600 BCE Ahmose unified country 1500 BCE Hatshepsut became pharaoh 1400 BCE Akhenaten changed Egyptian religion 1400 BCE Tutankhamun became pharaoh 1400 BCE Traditional religion returned 1300 BCE Hypostyle hall built at Temple of Karnak 1274 BCE Ramesses II fought in Battle of Kadesh 1100 BCE Upper and Lower Egypt split 728 BCE Nubian king Piy conquered Egypt 671 BCE Assyrians attacked Egypt 525 BCE Persians conquered Egypt 332 BCE Alexander the Great conquered Egypt 305 BCE Ptolemy I became pharaoh 196 BCE Rosetta Stone carved 31 BCE Battle of Actium 30 BCE Cleopatra VII died 300 Last use of hieroglyphic writing 642 Egypt conquered by Arabs 820 Caliph al Mamun entered the Great Pyramid 969 City of Cairo founded 969 Casing blocks stripped off Giza pyramids 1517 Ottoman Turks ruled Egypt 1798 Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt 1799 Rosetta Stone found 1800 Travellers and explorers began uncovering the monuments of ancient Egyp 1822 Hieroglyphs deciphered 1869 Suez Canal built 1869 Egyptologists began formal excavations in Egypt 1922 Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun 1953 Egypt became independent 1960 Aswan High Dam built