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3300 BCE
Beginning of The Bronze Age and Summerian Culture.
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3000 BCE
King Menes unifies Upper and Lower Egypt
Start of first dynasty. -
Period: 2686 BCE to 2181 BCE
Old Kingdom
God-King pharaohs were rulers.
Building of pyramids. -
2350 BCE
Sargon Establishes the first empire.
Akkadian Empire. -
2340 BCE
Sargon of Akkad
Ruled the first empire by conquering all of the summerian city-states. -
Period: 2181 BCE to 2055 BCE
First Intermediate Period.
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Period: 2055 BCE to 1786 BCE
Middle Kingdom
Regain of pharaoh control. -
1800 BCE
Abraham
Lived in Ur and moved to Canaan as instructed by god -
Period: 1786 BCE to 1567 BCE
Second Intermediate Period.
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Period: 1650 BCE to 1190 BCE
Hittite Empire
Borrowed ideas from the mesopotamian culture, wrote in cuneiform, skillful in war using chariots and iron. -
1640 BCE
Hyksos conquer Egypt.
The use of chariots led to the defeat of Egypt -
1630 BCE
Hebrews migrate to Egypt.
Drought and famine led to to the Hebrews to go from Canaan to Egypt -
Period: 1550 BCE to 1070 BCE
New Kingdom
Creation of the Egyptian empire. -
1549 BCE
Ahmose I
Completed the conquest and expulsion of the Hyksos, reasserted Egyptian power in Canaan and Nubia and laid the foundations of the new kingdom -
Period: 1500 BCE to 600 BCE
Assyrian Empire
Used military might to create an empire, glorified armies and war. -
1479 BCE
Thutmosis III
Probably killed Hatshepsut to regain power, conquered Nubia and was the most wealthiest and powerful Egypt. -
1478 BCE
Hatshepsut
Mother of Thutmosis III she was a female pharaoh and was famous for her trade expeditions. -
1391 BCE
Moses
Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt to their promised land, was given the 10 commandments. -
1350 BCE
Amenhotep IV
Imposed the worship of a true and only God; Aten, changed his name to Akhenaten. -
1279 BCE
Ramses II
Built many temples like the Abu Simbel. Had a peace treaty with the Hittites and also was considered as one of the most powerful pharaohs of the New Kingdom.