| 4000 bef | Neolithic era around the Nile | |
| 3000's | Predynastic culture with African and Asian influences | |
| 3400 | Hieroglyphics used in Egypt | |
| 3200 | Egypt was divided into two distinct areas. Lower Egypt included the cities of Tanis, Bubastis the house of Bast, Bursiris the house of Orises, Sais, On and Memphis Upper Egypt included the cities of Heracleopolis, Siut, Abdos, Thebes, Jeb, Philae. |
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| 3100 | Earliest known Egyptian hieroglyphs | |
| 3000 | Beginning of historical period | |
| 2850 | King Menes (Na'rmer) of upper Egypt (in Nekhan) united lower and upper
Egypt, capital in Memphis Dynasty I & II A-37 (3000?) First pharaoh. |
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| 2772 | Egypt started the 365 day calendar | |
| 2615 | Dynasty III, capital Memphis under King Zoser who built the Step Pyramid of Sakkara at Saggurah with architect Imhotep (2630-2611?) | |
| 2601 | One of Egypt's pharoah's sons wrote the first "Being of sound body and mind" will. | |
| 2565 | Dynasty IV under King Snerfru who built the pyramid of Medum, developed
navigation, fought Nubians and Libyans Palermo stone was written |
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| 2440 | Dynasty V under Cheops who started the grand pyramid at Giza | |
| 2315 | Dynasty VI under Chephren | |
| 2175 | Dynasty VII & VIII | |
| 2160 | Dynasty IX & X under Unis, their art reached its peak | |
| 2133 | Dynasty XI at Thebes | |
| 1991 | Dynasty XII at Lisht under Amenemhet I Beginning of literature era Cats were domesticated to catch snakes. Picture of men doing housework! |
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| 1887-1849 | Sesostris III conquered Nubia, tried for Palestine | |
| 1850 | Egyptian scribe Ahmes stated that pi = 256/81 app. 3.160 | |
| 1785 | Dynasty XIII at Thebes, Dynasty XIV at Xois | |
| 1678 | Dynasty XV ruled by the Hyksos Chian at Avaris, who horses brought into Egypt | |
| 1600 | Dynasty XVI I Egyptians fought against Hyksos | |
| 1500's | Kush established south of Egypt | |
| 1570 | Dynasty XVIII at Thebes under Amosis then son Ameonphis I. They drove out Hyksos | |
| 1570 | Egyptian pharaohs started using Valley of the Kings | |
| 1557 | Amenophis I and Thutmosis I fought Palestine, regained Nubia, captured Syria except for the Hittities cities, reached Euphrates | |
| 1516 | Thutmosis III born. One of his concubines was Isis | |
| 1512 | Thutmosis II ruled with half sister and wife Queen Hatshepsut | |
| 1503 | Thutmosis III married Queen Hatshepsut (d 1480) | |
| 1469/71 | Battle at Megiddo King Thutmosis III pillaged Mitanni (1471), conquered Nubia, Palestine, Phoenicia and all of Syria, Kadesh (1462) Mitanni's were in Carchemish and Aleppo but not over taken. |
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| 1424 | Amenophis III kept the peace with Mitanni by marrying the daughter of Mitanni kings Sudarna and Tuishrata | |
| 1300's mid | Revolution in Palestine and Phoenicia Hittities took part of Egypt into Syria |
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| 1375ish | Amorites and Hittities ended all Egyptian rule in Syria, Phoenicia | |
| 1367 | Amenhotep (Amenophis IV) IV brought major reform, changes with gods and citites | |
| 1361 | With no heirs, Egypt was controlled by Amenophis IV's two sons in law, Smenkuhare and Tutankhamun who died at age 17, buried in the Valley of the Kings in Thebes | |
| 1351 | Ay, an offical of the court ruled briefly, replaced by the general Haremhab | |
| 1347 | Haremhab restores power to the priest of Amun | |
| 1345 | King Tut was born, became Pharaoh 1345, with Aye as regent, Tut died 1325 at age 19 | |
| 1319 | Dynasty XIX at Memphis with Ramses I, Sethos, Ramses II, Merneptah. Egypt retakes Palestine, Kadesh, Syria | |
| 1298 | Battle of Kadesh 1294, Egypt at war with the Hittities, who catch smallpox
from the Egyptians Ramses builds extensively (Ramsees Exodus 1:11) |
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| 1283 | Ramses II treaty with Hattushilish of the Hittities, south Southern Palestine became part of the Egyptian Empire, divided Syria between themselves A-42 | |
| 1237 | Ramses II dies, leaving Egypt to his son Merenpath | |
| 1225 - 1215 | Moses led his people from slavery in Egypt to Canaan, stopping at the Oasis of Kedesh in Syria, crossing Sanai desert (1250?) | |
| 1221 | Egypt: attacked by the Aegean "sea people" from Homeric wars at Troy | |
| 1190 | Dynasty XX, capital at Thebes under Ramses III, IV - XI | |
| 1190 | Egypt attacked by Danes, Philistines and other Sea People | |
| 1156 - 1065 | Ramses IV - XII were unable to control high priests of Amon Hrihor high priest in Karnak ruled Thebes |
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| 1065 | Dynasty XXI at Tanis and Thebes, high priests of Amon fight for power | |
| 935 | Dynasty XXII under Shoshenk, Libyan chief founded Libyan dynasty at
Bubastis Amon priests in Thebes founded independent Nubian kingdom at Napata Libyan princes became Amon priests of Amon at Thebes |
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| 918 | Shisank, a high priest of Amon stormed Palestine and robbed the temple
in Jerusalem, devasted Edom and north Israel (Shishak, 1 Kings 11:40, 14:25) A-44 |
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| 854 | Other pharaohs joined Palestinian allies to fight Shalmaneser III at Qarqar | |
| 759- 709 | Dynasty XXIII to XXIV included anarchy and civil war | |
| 715 | Dynasty XXV in Napata by Shabaka who defeated Taharka and conquered Egypt,
became Ethiopia (Tirhakah, 2 Kings 19:9) |
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| 701 | Hezekiah of Judah with allies from Phoenicia, Philistia, Egypt face
Sennacherib of Assyria, on one or more campaigns Egypt under Shabaka fell at Eltegeh |
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| 690 | Nubian pharoah Taharka takes over Egypt and Nubian states | |
| 671 | Essarhaddon of Assyria took Memphis | |
| 667 | Ashurbanipal of Assyria trips into Egypt, sacking Thebes on the second in 663 | |
| 663 | Dynasty XXVI, capital Sais under Necho I, governor of Sais Kushites driven out of Egypt and back to Sudan |
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| 650ish | Psamtik became master of Egypt with help from Gyges, King of Lydia, Assyrians driven out of Egypt | |
| 609 | Necho on his way to aid Assyria and met Josiah of Judah who was killed, Judah conquered, Necho delayed from Assyria | |
| 605 | Necho crushed by Chaldean Nebuchrezzar of Babylon at Carchemish and driven
from Syria-Palestine Necho failed to build the canal connecting the Red Sea and the Nile |
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| 525 | Dynasty XXVII, Cambyses defeated Psamtik III at Pelusim, Egypt now under Persian rule A-40 | |
| 404 | Dynasty XXVIII to XXX, misc leaders, Persia thawrted | |
| 343 - 332 | Egypt under Persian rule | |
| 332 | Alexander the Great ruled Egypt | |
| See Alexander | ||
| 323 | Egypt controlled by the Ptolemies of Egypt | |