Timeline:
3500 B.C.
Early settlers in the Nile Valley.
3100 B.C. - 3000 B.C.
Hieroglyphic script developed. Menes unified Upper and Lower Egypt.
2700 B.C. - 2600 B.C.
First stone pyramid built.
2600 B.C. - 2500 B.C.
Pyramids of Giza built.
2200 B.C. - 2100 B.C.
Various kings ruled Egypt.
2100 B.C. - 2000 B.C.
2055 - Mentuhotep II gained control of entire country.
2000 B.C. - 1700 B.C.
Agricultural development of the Faiyum.
Earliest parts of Temple of Karnak built.
Egyptians control Nubia.
1700 B.C. - 1600 B.C.
Hyksos rulers took control of Delta region.
1600 B.C. - 1500 B.C.
Ahmose unified country.
1500 B.C. - 1400 B.C.
Hatshepsut became pharaoh.
1400 B.C. - 1300 B.C.
Akhenaten changed Egyptian religion.
Tutankhamun became pharaoh.
Traditional religion returned.
1300 B.C. - 1200 B.C.
Hypostyle Hall built at Temple of Karnak.
1274 - Ramses II fought in battle of Kadesh.
1100 B.C. - 1000 B.C.
Upper and Lower Egypt split.
800 B.C. - 700 B.C.
728 - Nubian king Piy conquered Egypt.
700 B.C. - 600 B.C.
671 - Assyrians attacked Egypt.
600 B.C. - 500 B.C.
525 - Persians conquered Egypt.
400 B.C. - 300 B.C.
332 - Alexander the Great conquered Egypt.
305 - Ptolemy I became pharaoh.
200 B.C. - 100 B.C.
196 - Rosetta Stone carved.
100 B.C. - 0 A.D.
31 - Battle of Actium
30 - Cleopatra VII died
300 A.D. - 400 A.D.
Last use of hieroglyphic writing.
3500 B.C.
Early settlers in the Nile Valley.
3100 B.C. - 3000 B.C.
Hieroglyphic script developed. Menes unified Upper and Lower Egypt.
2700 B.C. - 2600 B.C.
First stone pyramid built.
2600 B.C. - 2500 B.C.
Pyramids of Giza built.
2200 B.C. - 2100 B.C.
Various kings ruled Egypt.
2100 B.C. - 2000 B.C.
2055 - Mentuhotep II gained control of entire country.
2000 B.C. - 1700 B.C.
Agricultural development of the Faiyum.
Earliest parts of Temple of Karnak built.
Egyptians control Nubia.
1700 B.C. - 1600 B.C.
Hyksos rulers took control of Delta region.
1600 B.C. - 1500 B.C.
Ahmose unified country.
1500 B.C. - 1400 B.C.
Hatshepsut became pharaoh.
1400 B.C. - 1300 B.C.
Akhenaten changed Egyptian religion.
Tutankhamun became pharaoh.
Traditional religion returned.
1300 B.C. - 1200 B.C.
Hypostyle Hall built at Temple of Karnak.
1274 - Ramses II fought in battle of Kadesh.
1100 B.C. - 1000 B.C.
Upper and Lower Egypt split.
800 B.C. - 700 B.C.
728 - Nubian king Piy conquered Egypt.
700 B.C. - 600 B.C.
671 - Assyrians attacked Egypt.
600 B.C. - 500 B.C.
525 - Persians conquered Egypt.
400 B.C. - 300 B.C.
332 - Alexander the Great conquered Egypt.
305 - Ptolemy I became pharaoh.
200 B.C. - 100 B.C.
196 - Rosetta Stone carved.
100 B.C. - 0 A.D.
31 - Battle of Actium
30 - Cleopatra VII died
300 A.D. - 400 A.D.
Last use of hieroglyphic writing.