Ancient Egypt

▼Overview

Ancient Egyptian Civilization

▼Predynastic

Predynastic Period

Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt

Invention of Hieroglyphics

▼Old Kingdom

Old Kingdom Begins

Step Pyramid of Djoser Built

Great Pyramid of Giza Built

Great Sphinx of Giza Built

First Intermediate Period

▼Middle Kingdom

Middle Kingdom Begins

Senusret III Expands into Nubia

Second Intermediate Period & Hyksos

▼New Kingdom

Ahmose I Expels the Hyksos

Reign of Hatshepsut

Battle of Megiddo

Reign of Amenhotep III

Akhenaten's Religious Revolution

Reign of Tutankhamun

Battle of Kadesh

Reign of Ramesses II (Ramesses the Great)

Exodus (Possible Date)

Sea Peoples Invasions

Third Intermediate Period Begins

▼Late Period

Nubian (25th) Dynasty Rules Egypt

Assyrian Conquest of Egypt

Persian Conquest of Egypt

Alexander the Great Conquers Egypt

▼Ptolemaic

Ptolemaic Dynasty Founded

Rosetta Stone Created

Reign of Cleopatra VII

Battle of Actium

Death of Cleopatra & End of Ancient Egypt

5250 BCE

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