History Timeline of Ancient Egypt

All Dates are B.C.E. - "Before Common Era"

The Following table presents a timeline of the periods, dynasty's, and some significant people associated with those timeframes.

Period ^(B.C.E.)	Dynasty	Significant People
Greek Dynasty (332-30)	XXXII	Cleopatra VII Ptolemy I Arsinoe II Pompey Alexander Augustus Caesar
Persian Period II (342-332)	XXXI	Darius III Artaxerxes III
Late Period II (425-342)	XXX	Nectanebo I
	XXIX
	XXVIII	Amyrteos
Persian Period I (517-425)	XXVII	Artaxeres Xerxes Darius I Cambyses
Late Period I (1069-517)	XXVI	Necho II Herodotus
	XXV	Shabaka
	XXIV	Tefnakht
	XXIII
	XXII	Osoraken I Shoshenk I
	XXI	Psusennes I
New Kingdom (1550-1069)	XX	Ramses III
	XIX	Ramses II
	XVIII	Nefertiti Princess Ankhesenaton Tutankhamun Hatshepsut Tuthmosis I II III IV Ahmose I Rekhmire
Intermediate Period II (1650-1550)	XVII	Kamose
	XVI
	XV	Khyan
	XIV
	XIII
Middle Kingdom (2125-1650)	XII	Senusret I II III Amenemhet I II III
Intermediate Period I (2181-2125)	XI	Mentuhotep I
	X
	IX	Achthoes
	VIII
	VII
Old Kingdom (3100-2181)	VI	Pepi II Pepi I Weni
	V	Sahure
	IV	Chepheren Khufu Sneferu
	III	Huni Imhotep Dzoser
Archaic Period (3414-3100)	II
Archaic Period (3414-3100)	I	Menes
Predynastic Period (ca5464-3414)	Late
	Middle
	Early

Timeline of Events and Kingdoms in Ancient Egypt	Dates (Before Common Era)	Significant Events
Archaic	3411 - 3100	Unification of all Egypt
Old Kingdom	3100 - 2181	Construction of the pyramids begins
First Intermediate	2181 - 2125	Political chaos
Middle Kingdom	2125 - 1650	Recovery and political stability
Second Intermediate	1650 - 1550	Hyksos "invasion"
New Kingdom	1550 - 1069	Creation of the Egyptian Empire, and Akanaten's religious strategy begins.

(Contains a chronological timeline of periods, dynasties, and significant people.)

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