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30 B.C
Cleopatra VII died
300 A.D
Last use of hieroglyphic writing
31 B.C
Battle of Actium
642 A.D
Egypt conquered by Arabs
Cleopatra VII is one of the
most famous queens of Egypt
820 A.D
Caliph al Mamun entered the Great Pyramid
196 B.C
Rosetta Stone carved
In 196 B.C. this stele was carved with an
agreement between a group of priests and
the Egyptian government.
969 A.D
City of Cairo founded
1100 A.D
Casing blocks stripped off Giza pyramids
2200 B.C
305 B.C
Ptolemy I became pharaoh
When Cairo was being built during the Middle
Ages, stones from the pyramids were used to
new buildings.
Various kings ruled Egypt
2055 B.C
Various kings ruled Egypt
2600 B.C
Pyramids of Giza built
332 B.C
Alexander the Great conquered Egypt
2000 B.C
Agricultural development of the Faiyum
Khufu's pyramid
The largest of the three stone pyramids of Giza
Khafra's pyramid
The second of the Giza pyramids
The Great Sphinx
a large statue carved out of stone
Alexander the Great came from Macedonia
He founded the city of Alexandria on the
Mediterranean coast,
1798 A.D
Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt
1900 B.C
Earliest parts of Temple of Karnak built
Menkaura's pyramid
The smallest of the three pyramids
Ancient Egypt
1800 B.C
Egyptians control Nubia
2700 B.C.
First stone pyramid built
525 B.C
Persians conquered Egypt
1517 A.D
Ottoman Turks ruled Egypt
Nubia had valuable natural resources such
as gold and semi-precious stones
3500 B.C
Early settlers in the Nile valley
617 B.C
Assyrians attacked Egypt
Piy was the first Nubian to conquer ancient Egypt
The first stone pyramid built in ancient Egypt
was the 'Step Pyramid'. The Step Pyramid was
built at Saqqara for the pharaoh Djoser. It was
made by building several 'steps' or layers of
stone on top of each other.
1799 A.D
Rosetta Stone found
1700 B.C
People began to settle in the Nile valley in
Hyksos rulers took control of Delta region
about 7000 B.C.. They farmed the land,
kept animals, and built permanent homes
The Hyksos were a group of people from the
on the banks of the Nile.
Levant, who settled in Egypt at the end of the Middle Kingdom.
1859-1869 A.D
Suez Canal built
3100 B.C
Hieroglyphic script developed
1600 B.C
Ahmose unified country
728 B.C
Nubian king Piy conquered Egypt
Piy was the first Nubian to conquer ancient Egypt
Ahmose threw the Hyksos out of Egypt and.
became pharaoh of Upper and Lower Egypt.
Hieroglyphic was one of the first
complete scripts to be used in ancient Egypt.
The ancient Egyptians used it for over 3500
years to record important information
1922 A.D
Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun
Narmer unified Upper and Lower Egypt
1500 B.C
Hatshepsut became pharaoh
Narmer (also known as Menes) was the first Egyptian
pharaoh to conquer and rule over Upper and Lower Egypt.
1100 B.C
Upper and Lower Egypt split
1400 B.C
Akhenaten changed Egyptian religion
Tutankhamun became pharaoh
Traditional religion returned
1274 B.C
Ramesses II fought in Battle of Kadesh
1953 A.D
Egypt became independent
1300 B.C
Hypostyle hall built at Temple of Karnak
1960 A.D
Aswan High Dam built
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Ramesses II was a pharaoh who ruled ancient Egypt for 66 years
A dam built in the 1960s to control the annual
flooding of the Nile, and to create a reservoir