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c. 3150 BCE - c. 30 BCELife of the City of Memphis, Egypt.
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c. 3150 BCEMemphis Egypt known as Hut-Ka-Ptah ("Mansion of the Soul of Ptah").
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c. 3150 BCE - c. 2613 BCEMemphis called Inbu-Hedj ("White Walls").
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c. 2613 BCE - c. 2181 BCEMemphis is capital of Old Kingdom in Egypt.
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c. 2332 BCE - c. 2283 BCEDuring reign of Pepi I Memphis becomes known as Men-nefer ("Enduring and Beautiful") which Greeks translate as Memphis.
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c. 2181 BCE - c. 2040 BCECapital of Egypt moves from Memphis to Herakleopolis during the First Intermediate Period.
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c. 2040 BCEThebes is capital of Egypt, Memphis continues as important religious and commercial site.
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c. 1991 BCEIti-tawi (Lisht) is capital of Egypt, monuments still raised at Memphis.
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1353 BCE - 1336 BCEAkhenaten builds temple to Aten at Memphis.
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1279 BCE - 1213 BCERamesses II honors Memphis with monuments and building projects.
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671 BCESecond Egyptian Campaign, Assyrian army successfully captures Memphis and conquers Egypt.
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671 BCEMemphis destroyed by Assyrian king Esarhaddon.
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c. 670 BCE - c. 668 BCEMemphis rebuilt.
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666 BCEMemphis destroyed by Assyrian king Ashurbanipal.
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c. 664 BCE - c. 525 BCEMemphis rebuilt during the time of the Saite Pharaohs.
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525 BCEPersian Invasion of Egypt. Memphis becomes capital of Satrapy.
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331 BCEAlexander the Great is crowned pharaoh of Egypt at Memphis.
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c. 323 BCEPtolemy I has Alexander the Great's body entombed at Memphis.
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c. 283 BCE - c. 246 BCEPtolemy II has Alexander the Great's body moved to Alexandria. Memphis declines in prestige.
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196 BCEMemphis Decree (Rosetta Stone) issued by Ptolemy V during whose reign city declines with rest of country.
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30 BCEEgypt taken by Rome; Memphis is neglected and begins final decline to ruin.
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c. 640 CEArab invasion of Egypt; Memphis ruins used as source of stone for building cities of Fustat and Cairo.
