Time Line5000 BC to 1990 AD5000 BC - Earliest Egyptian settlements. 2950 BC - Earliest written texts from �lite burials at Abydos. 2900 BC - Narmer or Aha first king of all Egypt. 2770 BC - 2nd Dynasty. 2650 BC - 3rd Dynasty. 2630 BC - Step Pyramid of Netjerykhet (Djoser) at Sakkara. 2575 BC - 4th Dynasty. 2550 BC - Great Pyramid of Khufu. 2465 BC - 5th Dynasty; sun temples at Abu Gurob. 2323 BC - 6th Dynasty. 2150 BC - Death of Pepy II marks end of Old Kingdom. 2050 BC - War between Thebes and Asyut. 1994 BC - Civil war which lasted until 1986; Montjuhotep II king of reunified Egypt. 1937 BC - 12th Dynasty; Amenemhat I establishes royal residence at Itjtawy. 1842 BC - Workmen's town founded at Kahun. 1759 BC - End of 12th Dynasty. 1639 BC - Hyksos kingdom at Avaris. 1540 BC - Kamose attacks city of Avaris. 1539 BC - 18th Dynasty. 1520 BC - Ahmose defeats kingdom of Avaris. 1493 BC - Medina founded by Thutmose I. 1473 BC - Hatshepsut becomes coregent with Thutmose III. 1341 BC - New royal residence and cemetery founded at el-Amarna. 1295 BC - 19th Dynasty. 1209 BC - Incursions by Libyan tribes and others repulsed by Merenptah. 1186 BC - 20th Dynasty. 1180 BC - Libyan incursions repulsed by Ramesses III until 1174. 1111 BC - Major investigation into tomb robbery in the Valley of the Kings. 1080 BC - Herihor appointed high priest and king of Thebes. 1069 BC - Smendes becomes king at Tanis. 945 BC - 22nd Dynasty; Shoshenk I becomes king at Tanis. 818 BC - 23rd Dynasty; Pedubast I becomes king at Leontopolis. 674 BC - Assyrian invasion defeated. 671 BC - Assyrian army reaches Memphis. 664 BC - Assyrian army sacks Thebes. 656 BC - Psamtek I, king of all Egypt. 601 BC - Babylonian invasion repulsed. 600 BC - Red Sea canal initiated by Neko II. 570 BC - Defeat of Egyptian army at Kyrene. 567 BC - Babylonian army defeated, and Apries killed in battle. 526 BC - Egyptian army defeated by Persia at Battle of Pelusium. 525 BC - Psamtek III deposed, and later executed by Cambyses. 459 BC - Athenian ships from Cyprus sail into the Nile in support of 455 BC - Anti-Persian rebellion of Inaros brutally suppressed. 440 BC - Herodotos visits Egypt. 414 BC - Anti-Persian rebellion of Sais. 404 BC - Amyrtaeus, king of Sais. 397 BC - Nepherites I, king at Mendes. 374 BC - Persian invasion repulsed by Nectanebo I. 358 BC - Takos deposed. 351 BC - Persian invasion repulsed by Nectanebo II. 343 BC - Egypt conquered by Artaxerxes III. 332 BC - Egypt conquered by Alexander of Macedon. 323 BC - Ptolemy, son of Lagos, regent for Philip Arrhidaeus and Alexander II. 305 BC - Ptolemy becomes king. 31 BC - A Roman fleet crushed an Egyptian force in the battle of Actium. 30 BC - Rome took over Egypt. 642 AD - Muslims from Arabia seized Alexandria and completed their 969 AD - Fatimid Dynasty ruled Egypt until 1171 AD. 1171 AD - Egypt governed by Ayyubid Dynasty until 1250 AD. 1250 AD - Mamelukes ruled Egypt until 1517 AD. 1517 AD - Ottoman Turks invaded and occupied Egypt. 1798 AD - Napoleon conquered Egypt. 1801 AD - British and Ottoman troops drove the French out of Egypt. 1869 AD - Suez Canal completed. 1875 AD - Egypt sold it's share of Suez Canal to Britain. 1882 AD - British troops occupied Egypt. 1914 AD - Britain made Egypt protectorate. 1922 AD - Britain gave Egypt nominal independence. 1940 AD - British forces fought Italian and German troops in Egypt in 1948 AD - Egypt and other Arab League countries invaded Israel. 1953 AD - Egypt became a republic. 1954 AD - Gamal Abdel Nasser came to power in Egypt. 1956 AD - Egyptian government nationalized the Suez Canal. 1958 AD - Egypt and Syria formed the United Arab Republic. 1961 AD - Syria withdrew from the United Arab Republic. 1967 AD - Egypt and other Arab nations lost a war against Israel. 1970 AD - Nasser died; Anwar el-Sadat succeeded him as president. 1973 AD - Egypt and other Arab nations fought Israel in fourth Arab-Israeli war. 1978 AD - Egypt and Israel reached an agreement designed to end disputes 1981 AD - Sadat was assassinated, and Hosni Mubarak succeeded him as 1990 AD - Egypt played a leading role in Arab opposition to Iraq's invasion |