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Ancient Egyptian Timeline - Dynasties and Kingdoms in Ancient Egypt
: Predynastic, Old, Rosetta Stone
and Middle Kingdom Dynasties of Ancient Egypt | Pharaohs of the New Kingdom and the Dynasties Beyond | Dynasties IntroductionOn this ancient Egyptian Timeline you'll find an introduction and explanation of Egyptian kingdoms and dynasties, and the dates and names of the basic periods of ancient Egyptian history.Egypt begins with Pharaoh Narmer who, at the end of the 4th millennium, in about 3100 B.C., unified Egypt. At the time, Egypt meant the area from the 1st cataract, near Aswan, to the Nile delta. [See Map.] In some periods it extended further south.Introduction to the Timeline of Egyptian PharaohsSome 2700 years later, in the 3rd century B.C., an Egyptian priest named Manetho listed 30 royal dynastic houses of ancient Egypt. Manetho's work has not survived, but an epitome (summary) of it has. The epitome was taken from versions of Manetho's chronology that were copied in the 3rd-8th centuries A.D. Unfortunately, there are gaps in the chronology and the lengths of many of the pharaohs' reigns are unknown, but it's not entirely hopeless. For the pharaohs of the 2nd millennium B.C. forward, other techniques and artifacts help date the pharaohs. The techniques are more limited for the earlier pharaohs, so their dates are more speculative. SourcesDates for the first dynasty of Egyptian pharaohs come from "Radiocarbon Chronology of Archaic Egypt," by Fekri A. Hassan. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 39, No. 3. (Jul., 1980), pp. 203-207. Dates for the dynasties, in general, come from: "The Chronology of Ancient Egypt," by K.A. Kitchen. Archaeology, Vol. 23, No. 2. (Oct., 1991), pp. 201-208.Major epochal events come from [URL= www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/timeline.shtml] BBC History Online.Major Divisions of Ancient Egyptian History Late Predynastic Rosetta Stone French
Period 3100-2950 B.C. First hieroglyphs Early Dynastic 2950-2575 Step pyramid built at Saqqara Old Kingdom 2575-2150 (begins with the 3rd dynasty) Great Pyramid at Giza Great Sphinx Step Pyramid Saqqara Imhotep Abu Ghurab Dahshur Pyramid Texts of Saqqara Ras Burdran Step Pyramid of Djoser Pyramids of Giza First Intermediate Period 2125-1975 (alternately: 2160-2055) Memphis rules Egypt in the north and Thebes in the south Middle Kingdom 2055 or 1975-1640 Egypt reunited and conquers Lower Nubia. Abydos Karnak Thebes Serabit el-Khadem Tell el Dab'a Second Intermediate Period 1630-1520 The Hyksos New Kingdom 1539-1075 Empire in the Near East, Hatshepsut, Akhenaten, Tutankhamen and Ramessid Period Abu Simbel Amarna King Tut Mysteries of the Amarna Pharaohs Nefertiti Tombos Piramesses Deir el Bahri Kush Kingdom Deir el Medina Tutankhamun's Tomb Third Intermediate Period 1075-715 Nubians conquer Egypt Late Period 715-332 Assyrians, Persians Rosetta Stone Greek
conquer Egypt Ptolemaic 332-30 Greeks conquer Egypt, Rosetta Stone, Cleopatra Roman 30 B.C.- A.D. 395 ByzantineNext Page: 2 - Predynastic, Old, and Middle Kingdoms | 3 - New Kingdom and Beyond