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TIMELINE OF EGYPT

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  • 3150 BCE

    Narmer

    Narmer
    Narmer was a Pharaoh of Egypt, as the first of the dynasty. He reigned in 3150 BC. Probably, he had a long reign between 30 and 40 years, he died for the attack in a fight against a hippopotamus.
  • 3000 BCE

    Religion

    Religion
    The religion of ancient Egypt encompasses the different religious beliefs and rituals practiced by the settlers of ancient Egypt, before the arrival of Christianity. Its development and influence lasted more than three thousand years, varying these beliefs over time, therefore, an article or even a book. In Egyptian mythology many deities are represented with the human body and the head of an animal.
  • Period: 3000 BCE to 2050 BCE

    OLD KINGDOM

    Ancient Egypt was a civilization. It had three epochs, the Old Empire, the Middle Kingdom and the New Empire. The Egyptian civilization developed for more than 3000 years. It began with the unification of various cities of the valley of the Nile around (3150 a. C). Egypt has a unique combination of geographical features, located in North-East Africa.
  • 2501 BCE

    The Giza sphinx

    The Giza sphinx
    The Giza sphinx is a figure with a person's face and a lion's body, a short distance from the pyramid of Khefren in Giza. It is known as the Great Sphinx and is the first example of a monumental statue in Egypt. The name was given by the Greeks. There are many sphinxes in Egypt but that of Giza is the sphinx by antonomasia.
  • Period: 2050 BCE to 1580 BCE

    MIDDLE KINGDOM

    The Middle Kingdom began with the reunification of Egypt by Pharaoh Mentuhotep II, in the middle of the XI dynasty, ending the first intermediate period of Egypt.
  • Period: 1580 BCE to 1100 BCE

    NEW KINGDOM

    The New Kingdom is known as the historical period beginning with the reunification of Egypt under Amosis beginning in (c.1580 BC) and ending around 1100 BC. C, with the arrival to the throne of the sovereigns of Libyan origin. It is formed by the XVIII, XIX and XX dynasties. It passes between the second intermediate period and the third intermediate period of Egypt.
  • Period: 1100 BCE to 31 BCE

    FOREIGN RULE

    The foreign domination of the Hyksos during the second intermediate period, the New Kingdom Empire saw it necessary to conquer the territory near the eastern border to be protected before possible invasions, the Egyptian armies fought against the armies.