Egypt 
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5000 B.C.E.
wheat and barley first cultivated in the Nile Valley ( c. 5000 b.c.e.)
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4000 B.C.E.
copper in Egypt ( c. 4000 b.c.e.)
towns develop along the Nile ( c. 3300 b.c.e.
)
unfication of Upper and Lower Egypt
by Menes ( c. 3100 b.c.e. )
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When Egypt
unified, deities from all the regions fused, with local gods being
represented mostly by animals and fetishes and with cosmic gods taking more
remote or symbolic forms lacking animal and fetish characteristics. |
hieroglyphs
developed ( c. 3000 b.c.e. )
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By around
3000 b.c.e., the basic
concepts, political institutions, religious and art forms emerged that would
remain in effect for between three and four millennia. From 3000 b.c.e onward, there were only minor variances in culture;
for the most part, Egypt remained unified/nationalized for an extraordinarily
long time. |
3000 b.c.e.
Old Kingdom founded in Egypt
( c. 2800 b.c.e..)
Egypt introduces a 365 day calendar (c. 2772 b.c.e.)
The Step Pyramid of King
Zoser built by Imhotep in Egypt ( c. 2650 b.c.e.)
Great Pyramid of
Khufu in Egypt built ( c.
2550 b.c.e.)
Egyptians discover papyrus
climatic conditions and government corruption hasten the end of the Old
Kingdom (c.2160 b.c.e.)
civil war in Egypt (c. 2150 b.c.e.)
Middle Kingdom founded in Egypt
( 2040 b.c.e.)
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2000 B.C.
irrigation in Egypt (c. 2000 b.c.e.)
bronze working in Egypt ( c. 1800 b.c.e.
)
Hyksos conquer Egypt ( c. 1675 b.c.e.)
Israelites journey to Egypt to avoid famine (c. 1600 b.c.e.)
New Kingdom founded in Egypt
( 1560 b.c.e.)
Hyksos expelled from Egypt (1560 b.c.e.)
Thutmose I builds the first tomb in the Valley of the Kings (c. 1506 b.c.e.)
Egypt conquers Kush (c. 1500 b.c.e.)
Queen Hatshepsut rules Egypt (c.
1490 b.c.e.)
Egypt reaches greatest extent under Tuthmosis III (c. 1469 b.c.e.)
Amenhotep IV ( Akhenaten, rules from 1367 b.c.e. - 1350 b.c.e.)
institutes monotheism in Egypt [and some believe him to be the second incarnation of Hermes Trismegistus.]
Egyptian capital moved to El Amarna (c. 1363 b.c.e.)
reign of Tutankhamen (c. 1350 - 1341 b.c.e.)
Egyptian army halted at Qadesh by the Hittites (1285 b.c.e.)
Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt (c. 1280 b.c.e.) [Some scholars currently contend that Moses and Akhenaten were the same person; interesting since they both spearheaded monotheistic revolutions/reformations at relatively the same time and place. Both are also associated with the Emerald Tablet of Thoth.]
peace treaty between Egypt and the Hittites (c. 1269 b.c.e.)
invasion of the "Sea Peoples" halted by Merenptah (c. 1218 b.c.e.)
invasion of the "Sea Peoples" halted by Ramesses III (c. 1180 b.c.e.)
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1000 B.C.E.
collapse of the New Kingdom in Egypt allows Kush to expand (970 b.c.e.)
Shesonq sacks Jerusalem (c. 925 b.c.e.)
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900 B.C.E..
Egypt divides into five kingdoms (c.
828 - 712 b.c.e.)
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800 B.C.
Kush occupies Egypt ( c. 750 b.c.e. )
iron working in Egypt ( c. 750 b.c.e.)
Egypt reunited under Nubian rule (712 b.c.e.)
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700 B.C.
Assyrian rule in Egypt (671
- 651 b.c.e.)
Kushites driven from Egypt by
the Assyrians (654 b.c.e.)
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600 B.C.
Egypt conquered by the Persians
( 525 b.c.e.)
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500 B.C.
Egypt overthrows Persian rule (405 b.c.e.)
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400 B.C.
Alexander the Great conquers Egypt
( 332 b.c.e.)
Ptolemy Soter becomes pharoah of Egypt after Alexander's death (
323 b.c.e.)
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Alexander the
Greats empire encompassed a million square miles from Greece all the way to
China. His greatest dream was to unite
the entire world and collect all of the worlds knowledge into one place, the
Library at Alexandria, which was supposedly burned by the Romans, the
Christians, and finally the Muslims.
The usurpation and control of knowledge and information by religious
groups ultimately led to the Dark Ages, wherein many of the gains and
innovations of the ancient world were destroyed, lost, or renounced. |
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300 B.C.
Lighthouse at Alexandria built ( 297 b.c.e.)
Egyptians introduce the concept of the leap year ( 239 b.c.e. )
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200 B.C.
Rosetta Stone ( 200 b.c.e.)
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100 B.C.
Cleopatra becomes ruler of Egypt ( 48 b.c.e.)
Egypt becomes a Roman province ( 31 b.c.e.
)
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600 A.D.
founding of Cairo ( 641 A.D. )
Arabs conquer Persia and
Egypt (641 A.D.)