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Timeline

Ancient Egypt

Period	Date	Dynasty	Important People	Important Events
Late Predynastic	3100 BC – 2950 BC	0	Menes	North and south Egypt united Hieroglyphic writing developed
Early Dynastic	2950 BC – 2575 BC	1	Menes Imhotep Dzoser	Memphis capital of Egypt First writing on papyrus First pyramid built – step pyramid at Sakkara (Saqqara)
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Old Kingdom	2575 BC – 2150 BC	4	Sneferu Khufu (Cheops) Sahure Pepi I Pepi II	Great pyramids and sphinx at Giza built Sun God Ra worshipped at Heliopolis Mummification first used Trade for cedar wood Noblemen became more important Pharoahs had less power Fall of government at Memphis
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First Intermediate Period	2150 BC – 1975 BC	9	Achthoes	Book of the Dead created Rebellions against the Pharoah Drought and famine caused by low rainfall
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Middle Kingdom	1975BC – 1640 BC	11	Mentuhotep Amenemhet	North and south Egypt reunited capital Thebes Lower Nubia conquered
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Second Intermediate Period	1640 BC – 1520 BC	15	Khyan	Hyksos tribe took over north Egypt Horse drawn chariot introduced
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New Kingdom	1520 BC – 1075 BC	18	Ahmose I Hatshepsut Akhenaten Nefertiti Tutankhamen Rameses I Rameses II Rameses III	Hykos people expelled from Egypt Hatshepsut first female Pharoah Temple at Karnak built Valley of the kings used as burial site Capital moved to Memphis
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Third Intermediate Period	1075 BC – 715 BC	21	Shoshenk I	Egypt divided again northern capital Tanis, southern capital Thebes Shoshenk reunited Egypt Egypt lost control of Israel and Lebanon
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Late Period	715 BC – 332 BC	25	Nephrites I	Egypt invaded by Libyans and Assyrians Persians conquered Egypt Alexander the Great conquered Egypt for Greece 332BC
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