The Rise of Ancient Egypt By nayefz 3500 BCE Early settlers in the Nile valley 3100 BCE Hieroglyphic script developed 3100- Narmer unified Upper and Lower Egypt 2700 BCE First stone pyramid built 2600 BCE Pyramids of Giza built 2200 BCE Various kings ruled Egypt 2100 BCE 2055- Mentuhotep II gained control of entire country Period: 2000 BCE to 1700 BCE Agricultural development of the Faiyum Earliest parts of Temple of Karnak built Egyptians control Nubia 1700 BCE Hyksos rulers took control of Delta region 1500 BCE Hatshepsut became pharaoh 1400 BCE Akhenaten changed Egyptian religion Tutankhamun became pharaoh Traditional religion returned 1300 BCE Hypostyle hall built at Temple of Karnak 1274 - Ramesses II fought in Battle of Kadesh 1100 BCE Upper and Lower Egypt split 800 BCE 728- Nubian king Piy conquered Egypt 700 BCE 671- 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