EGYPTIAN TIMETABLE
|
PERIOD |
DATES (B.C.E.) |
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS |
|
Archaic |
3100-2660 |
Unification
of Upper & Lower Egypt |
|
Old Kingdom |
2660-2180 |
Pyramids
& Sphinx built |
|
First
Intermediate |
2180-2080 |
Political chaos
(nomarchs rule) |
|
Middle
Kingdom |
2080-1640 |
Political
stability & early empire |
|
Second Intermediate |
1640-1570 |
Hyksos
"invasion" |
|
New Kingdom |
1570-1075
|
Egyptian
empire (at its largest) |
|
|
|
Akhenaten's
monotheism |
|
|
|
Tutankhamen's
tomb treasures |
|
|
|
Ramses II |