Not-so-Ancient Egypt By Toastyiscute Period: 332 BCE to 323 BCE Alexander the Great Conquers Egypt/Ptolemy Establishes Hellenistic Dynasty 30 BCE Rome Conquers Egypt 600 Arabs Conquer Egypt | Spread of Islam 1510 Ottoman Turks Conquer Egypt 1799 Rosetta Stone Discovered and Translated 1869 Suez Canal Completed Period: 1882 to 1922 Egypt as British Protectorate/Turks Lose Control/Egypt Declared an Independent Monarchy 1953 Egypt Declared a Republic 1967 Six Day War 1978 Camp David Accords with Israel 1981 Sadat Assassinated/Hosni Mubarak Becomes President 1991 Persian Gulf War