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c. 6000 BCENile River Valley first inhabited.
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5500 BCEOldest faience workshop in Egypt founded at Abydos.
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5000 BCEOrganised farming begins in Egypt.
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c. 4000 BCEDepictions of gods and afterlife on walls of Egyptian tombs.
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c. 3200 BCEHieroglyphic script developed in Egypt.
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3150 BCE - 2613 BCEEarly Dynastic Period in Egypt. First Kings.
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2667 BCE - 2648 BCEImhotep in Egypt writes medical texts describing diagnosis and treatment of 100 diseases and 48 injuries.
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c. 2560 BCEThe Great Pyramid of Giza is constructed by Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops).
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c. 2500 BCEThe Great Sphinx of Giza is built.
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1800 BCEBronze working introduced to Egypt.
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c. 1800 BCEThe Kahun Gynecological Papyrus deals with women's health and contraception.
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c. 1600 BCEEarliest Egyptian water clocks in use.
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c. 1550 BCE - 1070 BCEComposition of the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
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1504 BCE - 1492 BCEEgyptian empire reaches greatest extent under Thutmose I.
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1479 BCE - 1458 BCEQueen Hatshepsut rules Egypt.
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1279 BCE - 1212 BCEReign of Ramesses II (The Great) in Egypt.
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1274 BCEBattle of Kadesh between Pharaoh Ramesses II of Egypt and King Muwatalli II of the Hittites.
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c. 1264 BCE - c. 1244 BCEProbable dates for the construction of Abu Simbel.
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1258 BCEThe Treaty of Kadesh between Egyptians and Hittites. The world's first peace treaty.
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c. 1244 BCE - c. 1224 BCEOther probable dates for the construction of Abu Simbel.
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750 BCEIron working is introduced to Egypt.
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196 BCEThe Rosetta Stone was made, a stela carrying a priestly decree from the reign of Ptolemy V in three languages: Egyptian hieroglyphs, demotic and Greek script.