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Egypt History Timeline

 

5000 BC-3500 BC   The predynastic period of Egypt.

 

4241 BC  The Egyptian calendar was established.

 

3100 BC -2650 BC  Archaic (Thinite) Period covers the first two dynasties

 

3100 BC   Earliest evidence of hieroglyphic writing in Egypt 

 

3100 BC   The legendary king, Menes, unites the upper and lower kingdoms of Egypt and moved his capital to Memphis

 

2800 BC-2300 BC  Old Kingdom period, covers the 3rd to 6th dynasties. The age of Pyramids

 

2550 BC-2490 BC  The great Pyramids of Giza were built for Khufu (Cheops) and Khephren (Chephren) and Mycerinus   

 

2181 BC-2040 BC   Collapse of the Sixth Dynasty and beginning of the First Intermediate Period from 7th to 10th dynasties

 

2160 BC-2140BC    Egypt’s 9th and 10th Dynasties ruled over this period from the capital at Herakleopolis.

 

2040 BC    The beginning of Egypt’s Middle Kingdom from 11th to 13th dynasties

 

2040 BC- 2010 BC Mentuhotep reunited Egypt and restored peace and prosperity

 

1640 BC-1550 BC   Collapse of the Middle Kingdom (1640 BC; beginning of the Second Intermediate Period

 

1674 BC    Sheshi, a Hyksos ruler from Asia, conquered Memphis (Egypt). Shesi ruled at the beginning of the 15th Dynasty. The Hyksos invaded Egypt in horse-drawn chariots.

 

1570BC-1546BC    Ahmose, Pharaoh of Egypt, ruled in Egypt’s 17th Dynasty.  His sister-wife was Queen Ahmosep-Nefertary. During his reign he defeated the Hyksos and expelled out of Egypt.

 

1570BC-1070BC    Egypt’s New Kingdom Period.  Egypt’s peak period

 

1400BC    The Temple of Hatshepsut was built in Luxor

 

1380 BC   Building of the Temple of Luxor by Amenhotep III

 

1347 BC-1339 BC   Reign of Tutankhamon 

 

1182 BC-1151 BC   Reign of Ramses III. In this period  Hebrew’s migrated out of Egypt to Palestine  

 

1070 BC-712 BC   Collapse of New Kingdom (1070 BC; Third Intermediate Period 

 

750BC-719BC  Piye (Piankhy) ruled Kush (Nubia) and soon moved to extend his rule over Egypt. Kashta and his son, Piankhy, invaded Egypt and Piankhy became pharaoh of Egypt. The Nubian King Piye conquered the weakened and disunited Egypt.

 

712 BC-332 BC Late period. During this period Egypt was ruled by Assyrian, Ethiopian and Persian Kings.

 

520BC-486BC  Darius, ruler of Persia, occupied Egypt and is considered the 2nd ruler of the 27th Dynasty

 

332BC   Alexander the Great invaded Egypt and founded Alexandria

 

330BC   Alexandria became the capital of Egypt

 

69BC     Cleopatra , daughter of Ptolemy XII, was born

 

30BC      Rome gained control over Egypt. Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide

 

30 BC-395 AD  Reign of  Augustus Caesar; Roman period 

 

395 AD   Roman Empire divided into two empires; Egypt controlled by Byzantium

 

641 AD   Conquest of Egypt by the Muslim Arabs (Omar, the second caliph); Islamic period   

 

1250    The Mamlukes, slave soldiers, seized control of the Egyptian Sultanate and ruled until 1517

 

1517    Ottoman Turks conquered Cairo. Cairo and Mecca were captured by the Turks and Arabia came under Turkish rule.

 

1798  Napoleon Bonaparte's forces captured Alexandria but are expelled by the British and the Turks

 

1801  Egypt once more becomes part of the Ottoman empire.

 

1882    British troops defeated Egyptian forces in the Battle at Tel-el-Kebir and took control of Egypt

 

1914     Egypt becomes a British protectorate.

 

1922     Sultan Fuad I was crowned king of Egypt. England recognized Egypt and gained it’s independence

 

1936     King Farouk ascended to the throne.

 

1949    Moslem Brotherhood chief Hassan el Banna was assassinated Cairo

 

1949    Committee of the Free Officers' Movement developed

 

1952  Gamal Abdul Nasser leads a coup by the Free Officers' Movement, now known as the July 23 Revolution

 

1952    General Mohammad Najib established an Egyptian government and became the 1st president of Egypt

 

1953  Egypt is declared a Republic by Najib.

 

1954  Nasser becomes prime minister and later, in 1956, president.

 

1956  Invasion of Egypt by Britain, France and Israel due to the nationalization of the Suez Canal.

 

1967  The Six-Day War. Egypt, Jordan and Syria go to war with Israel and are defeated.

 

1970   Abdul Nasser died of a heart attack at 52. Anwar Sadat replaced Nasser.

 

1971 - Egypt's new constitution is introduced and the country is renamed the Arab Republic of Egypt.

 

1981  Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated by Jihad members.

 

1981  Husnu Mubarak is selected as the new president by a National Referendum 

 

2004 Funeral of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is held in Cairo.

 

2005 President Mubarak is re-elected for a fifth consecutive term


 

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