Timeline

3100-2575 BC
- Menes, King of Upper Egypt, unites Lower and Upper Egypt.
- Earliest forms of hieroglyphic writings made.
- Capital city Memphis created.
- The first pyramid, the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, is created.
2575-1975 BC
- In Giza the Great Pyramid is created.
- Pyramids first start seeing inscriptions.
- Egypt becomes two seperate states. Memphis ruled the north and Thebes ruled the south.
1975-1640 BC
- This period is known as the Middle Kingdom.
- It was the era of classical literature and the arts.
- Mentuhotep reunited Egypt during this time period.
- Under the rule of Senwosret I and III egypt conqured most of Lower Nubia.
- Amenemhat I, finds new royal resident loaction in Memphis.
1630- 1520 BC
- Power seized in the North under the rule of Hyksos kings.
- The seventeenth dynasty is founded under Theban in the south.
1520-1075 BC
- This was period known as the New Kingdom.
- First women pharaoh, Hatsheput, becomes the ruler over Egpyt.
  - Shortly after her death her step-son Tuthmosis III, attempted to erase her name from history. He nearly destroyed her legacy.
- The very elaborate Valley of the Kings tombs were also created.
- Ramesses II, also ruled over ancient Egypt for sixty seven years during this time.
1075-332 BC
- Nubians began to conquer Egypt towards the end of this period.
- Also known as the Late Period.
- Egypt was conquered for a short time by Assyrians during this time.
- Many cultural changes took place.
- Persian armies conquered Egypt around 525 BC.
- Egypt became independent again around 375 BC.
332 BC-395 AD
- This period is known as the Roman Period.
- Alexander the Great invades and takes control of Egypt.
- Ptolemy, one of Alexander's generals, finds a dynasty and becomes the king of it.
- The Rosetta Stone is carved in 195 BC
- Cleopatra VII (the seventh) reigns over Egypt during 51 BC to 30 BC.
- The Roman Empire makes Egypt one of its many provinces in 30 BC.