History of ancient Egypt History of ancient Egypt, by period •
Prehistoric Egypt – The Prehistory of Egypt spans the period of earliest human settlement to the beginning of the Early Dynastic Period of Egypt in ca. 3100 BC. •
Naqada I or
Amratian culture - a cultural period in the history of predynastic Upper Egypt, which lasted approximately from 4000 to 3500 BC. •
Naqada II or
Gerzeh culture - The Gerzean is the second of three phases of the Naqada Culture, and so is called Naqada II. It begins circa 3500 BC lasting through circa 3200 BC. •
Naqada III or
Semainean culture - Naqada III is the last phase of the Naqadan period of ancient Egyptian prehistory, dating approximately from 3200 to 3100 BC. •
Early Dynastic Period of Egypt – The Archaic or
Early Dynastic Period of
Egypt immediately follows the unification of
Lower and Upper Egypt c. 3100 BC. It is generally taken to include: • The
First Dynasty of Egypt • The
Second Dynasty of Egypt •
Old Kingdom of Egypt – The name given to the period in the 3rd millennium BC when
Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization in complexity and achievement – the first of three so-called "Kingdom" periods, which mark the high points of civilization in the lower
Nile Valley. This time period includes: • The
Third Dynasty of Egypt • The
Fourth Dynasty of Egypt • The
Fifth Dynasty of Egypt • The
Sixth Dynasty of Egypt •
First Intermediate Period of Egypt – This period is often described as a “dark period” in
Ancient Egyptian history, spanning approximately 140 years after the end of the
Old Kingdom from ca. 2181–2055 BC. It included: • The possibly spurious
Seventh Dynasty of Egypt • The
Eighth Dynasty of Egypt • The
Ninth Dynasty of Egypt • The
Tenth Dynasty of Egypt • Part of the
Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt •
Middle Kingdom of Egypt – The period in the history of
ancient Egypt between 2055 BC and 1650 BC. This period includes: • Later part of the
Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt • The
Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt • The
Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt • The
Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt Some writers include the
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Dynasties in the
Second Intermediate Period. •
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (
Hyksos) – a period when
Ancient Egypt fell into disarray for a second time, between the end of the
Middle Kingdom and the start of the
New Kingdom. It is best known as the period when the
Hyksos made their appearance in Egypt. This period of disunity comprises • The
Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt • The
Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt • The
Abydos Dynasty • The
Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt •
New Kingdom of Egypt – Also referred to as the
Egyptian Empire is the period in
ancient Egyptian
history between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC, covering: • The
Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt • The
Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt • The
Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt •
Third Intermediate Period – The time in
Ancient Egypt from the death of
Pharaoh Ramesses XI in 1070 BC to the foundation of the
Twenty-Sixth Dynasty by
Psamtik I in 664 BC. This period includes: • The
Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt • The
Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt • The
Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt • The
Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt • The
Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt •
Late Period of ancient Egypt • The
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, also known as the
Saite Period, lasted from 672 BC to 525 BC. • The
Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt The
First Persian Period (525 BC–404 BC), this period saw Egypt conquered by an expansive
Persian Empire under
Cambyses. • The
Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt consisted of a single king,
Amyrtaeus, prince of
Sais, who rebelled against the Persians. This dynasty lasted 6 years, from 404 BC to 398 BC. • The
Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ruled from
Mendes, for the period from 398 BC to 380 BC. • The
Thirtieth Dynasty consisted of a series of three pharaohs ruling from 380 BC until their final defeat in 343 BC lead to the re-occupation by the Persians. • The
Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt was effectively a
satrapy of the
Achaemenid Persian Empire between 343 BC to 332 BC. • The
Ptolemaic dynasty ruled the
Ptolemaic Kingdom during the
Hellenistic period, from 305 to 30 BC. They were the last dynasty of ancient Egypt. • The
Roman/Byzantine reign lasted from 30 BC to 646 AD. • The
Muslim conquest of Egypt took place between 639 and 646 AD.
History of ancient Egypt, by region •
History of Alexandria History of ancient Egypt, by subject •
Battle of the Delta •
Battle of Djahy •
Battle of Kadesh •
Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) •
Battle of the Nile (47 BC) •
Battle of Pelusium •
Battle of Perire •
Egyptian chronology •
Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty •
History of the Karnak Temple complex •
History of timekeeping devices in Egypt •
Military history of Ancient Egypt •
Periodization of Ancient Egypt •
Population history of Egypt •
Sack of Thebes •
Siege of Dapur ==Egyptology==