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c. 6000 BCENile River Valley first inhabited.
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c. 6000 BCEBurial of the dead in Egypt.
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c. 6000 BCEEarliest Egyptian mastabas dug at Saqqara.
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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. 3414 BCE - c. 3100 BCEXois founded as a city during the 1st Dynasty.
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c. 3200 BCEHieroglyphic script developed in Egypt.
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c. 3200 BCE - c. 3000 BCEProbable dates for creation of Narmer Palette.
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3150 BCE - 2613 BCEEarly Dynastic Period in Egypt. First Kings.
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c. 3150 BCE - c. 3100 BCEReign of Menes, a.k.a. Narmer, first king who is thought to have unified Upper and Lower Egypt.
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c. 3150 BCEKing Menes unifies Egypt through conquest.
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3100 BCE - 2181 BCEXois inscribed on Palermo Stone as an ancient city during the 5th Dynasty.
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c. 3000 BCETrade already established between Syria and Egypt.
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c. 2670 BCEReign of King Djoser in Egypt, builder of the first pyramid.
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c. 2670 BCE - c. 2650 BCEThe Step Pyramid is built by Imhotep under reign of King Djoser.
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c. 2667 BCE - c. 2600 BCEAttributed dates of Imhotep's medical and architectural achievements.
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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. 2613 BCE - c. 2181 BCEThe Period of the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
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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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c. 2181 BCE - c. 2040 BCEFirst Intermediate Period in Egypt.
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2064 BCE - 1986 BCETwin Dynasty Wars in Egypt.
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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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1783 BCEAvaris is built and set as capital of Hyksos.
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c. 1782 BCE - c. 1570 BCESecond Intermediate Period in Egypt.
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1700 BCEThe Kingdom of Kush is formed to the south of Egypt.
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1650 BCE - 1550 BCEXois serves as capital of the 14th Dynasty.
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c. 1600 BCEThe Edwin Smith Papyrus, an Egyptian medical text, is written, supposedly as a copy of Imhotep's earlier work.
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c. 1570 BCE - c. 1069 BCEThe New Kingdom of Egypt.
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c. 1570 BCEAhmose I defeats and expels the Hyksos from Egypt and destroy their capital Avaris.
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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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1500 BCEEgyptian empire extends to the Euphrates.
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1479 BCE - 1458 BCEQueen Hatshepsut rules Egypt.
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c. 1458 BCEKadesh and Megiddo lead a Canaanite alliance against the Egyptian invasion by Thutmose III.
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1458 BCE - 1425 BCEReign of Thutmose III in Egypt.
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c. 1457 BCEBattle of Megiddo: Thutmose III of Egypt defeats a coalition of Canaan, Kadesh, Mitanni, and Megiddo led by Durusha, king of Kadesh.
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c. 1386 BCE - c. 1353 BCEReign of Amenhotep III of Egypt.
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1353 BCE - c. 1336 BCEReign of Akhenaten, Tutankhamun's father, 'Heretic King' of Egypt.
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c. 1336 BCE - c. 1327 BCEReign of Tutankhamun with Ankhsenamun as queen.
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c. 1334 BCETutankhamun initiates religious reforms returning Egypt to traditional belief structure.
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1327 BCE - 1323 BCEReign of Ay in Egypt.
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c. 1320 BCECommander-in-Chief of the Army, Horemheb, succeeds Ay as ruler of Egypt
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c. 1320 BCE - 1292 BCEReign of Horemheb in Egypt, Tutankhamun's name erased from record.
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c. 1303 BCEBirth of Ramesses II of Egypt.
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1295 BCE - 1294 BCEThe reign of Ramesses I in Egypt.
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1295 BCE - 1188 BCEThe 19th Dynasty of Egypt.
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1294 BCE - 1279 BCEThe reign of Seti I in 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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1184 BCE - 1153 BCEReign of Ramesses III, Pharaoh of Egypt.
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1180 BCEThe Sea Peoples begin increased incursions into Egypt.
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1180 BCE - 1178 BCERamesses III of the 20th Dynasty fortifies Xois against the threat of the invading Sea Peoples.
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1178 BCERamesses III defends Egypt from the Sea Peoples on the shores at Xois, defeating them completely.
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c. 1069 BCE - 525 BCEThird Intermediate Period in Egypt.
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750 BCEIron working is introduced to Egypt.
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712 BCE - 671 BCEEgypt is ruled by the Kushite dynasty.
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671 BCESecond Egyptian Campaign, Assyrian army successfully captures Memphis and conquers Egypt.
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671 BCEEgypt is conquered by Assyria.
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667 BCE - 665 BCEAshurbanipal wages war in Egypt to put down rebellions.
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664 BCEPsamtik I becomes Pharoah in Egypt.
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653 BCEEgypt expels Assyrians.
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601 BCENebuchadnezzar II of Babylon unsuccessfully attempts to invade Egypt.
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c. 525 BCEImhotep is deified in Egypt.
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525 BCE - 404 BCEPersia conquers Egypt.
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525 BCECambyses II of Persia takes the city of Pelusium, conquers Egypt.
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520 BCEDarius of Persia links the Nile and the Red Sea by a canal.
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c. 398 BCE - c. 380 BCEPlato travels in Egypt, Cyrene, Italy, Syracuse and Sicily.
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341 BCEThe Persians complete conquest of Egypt.
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332 BCEAlexander the Great conquers Phoenicia and turns toward Egypt.
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331 BCEEgypt is conquered by Alexander the Great without resistance.
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Jan 331 BCEAlexander the Great founds Alexandria at the port town of Rhakotis in Egypt.
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323 BCEDeath of Alexander the Great.
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323 BCE - 282 BCERule of Ptolemy I Soter.
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323 BCE - 31 BCEThe Hellenistic Age. Greek thought and culture infuses with indigenous people.
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305 BCE - 285 BCEReign of Ptolemy I in Egypt, who initiated the Great Library.
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300 BCEPtolemy I founds the Museum of Alexandria.
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285 BCE - 246 BCEReign of Ptolemy II in Egypt, development of Library at Alexandria.
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277 BCE - 276 BCE4,000 Celts are employed in Egypt under Ptolemy II.
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259 BCECelts in Egypt fail to overthrow Ptolemy II and are starved to death on an island.
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247 BCEThe Lighthouse of Alexandria (Pharos) is completed.
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217 BCE14,000 Celts serve under Ptolemy IV in his victory at Raphia over the Seleucid King Antiochus III.
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c. 69 BCE - 12 Aug 30 BCELife of Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
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47 BCECleopatra VII is sole ruler of Egypt; she presents herself as the goddess Isis.
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30 BCEEgypt becomes province of the Roman Empire.
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30 BCEDeath of Cleopatra VII, end of the Ptolemaic Dynasty in Egypt.
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30 BCE - 14 CEReign of Augustus Caesar in Rome, restoration of Roman province of Alexandria.
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c. 1 CEFirst non-stop voyages from Egypt to India.
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30 CE - 476 CEEgypt remains a province of the Roman Empire.
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c. 50 CE - c. 60 CEEstablishment of various Christian communities in the Eastern Mediterranean, Greece, Egypt, and at least the city of Rome.
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232 CEEmperor Maximinus Thrax commands a legion in Egypt.
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c. 527 CE - 646 CEThe Byzantine Empire controls Egypt.
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646 CEThe Arab Muslims conquer Egypt under Caliph Umar.