Keti Sharif's History of Ancient Egypt

NEW Saiidi Film
Documentary, Omar Kamel & Keti Sharif

History of Ancient Egypt

Pre 3100 BC Pre-Dynastic Egypt, King Menes founds 1st Dynasty
3100-2950 BC 1st & 2nd Dynasties, development of hieroglyphics
2950-2575 BC 3rd Dynasty Saqqara Step Pyramid built for King Zoser
2575-2150 BC Old Kingdom 4th-8th Dynasties, Great Pyramids built
2125-1975 BC 1st Intermediate Period 9th-11th Dynasties
1975-1640 BC Middle Kingdom 11th-14th Dynasties
1630-1520 BC 2nd Intermediate Period 15th-17th Dynasties
1400s BC King Thutmose III conquers Mediterranean East coast
1539 -1075 BC New Kingdom 18th-20th Dynasties, Valley of Kings tombs built. Pharoahs include Hatshepsut (the female Pharaoh), Akhenaten, Tutankhamun and Ramesses II.
1075-715 BC 3rd Intermediate Period 21st-25th Dynasties, Nubians conquer Egypt late 8th century
715-332 BC Late Period 20th-30th Dynasties, partly under Persian rule
525 BC Persian Empire conquers Egypt
332 BC Alexander the Great conquers Egypt, his general Ptolemy becomes King and founds dynasty spreading Greek culture
196 BC Rosetta Stone carved
51-30 BC Cleopatra VII of the Ptolemies reigns
37 BC Cleopatra VII marries Mark Antony
31 BC Octavian defeats Antony and Cleopatra in Battle of Actium
30 BC Roman Empire claims Egypt as one of its provinces
642 AD Islamic Empire Arabs capture Alexandria and Egypt
868 - 969 AD Tulunid and Ikhshidid dynasties rule Egypt
969 AD Fatimid rulers seize Egypt and found the Egyptian city Al-Qahirah (modern day Cairo)

CONTINUED <see History of Modern Egypt 1100AD- 1952> click here