ANCIENT EGYPT

3500 B.C. - 1100 B.C.

The Sphinx

9500 B.C. - 9430 B.C.

Bread in Egypt

3500 B.C. - 3450 B.C.

Hieroglyphic writing in Egypt

3200 B.C. - 3170 B.C.

Old kingdom

2686 B.C. - 2181 B.C.

Period of Old Kingdom in Egypt, military staff developed

2686 B.C. - 2160 B.C.

The Great Pyramids of Giza

2560 B.C. - 2540 B.C.

Middle Kingdom

2000 B.C. - 1700 B.C.

Assyrians united in Mesopotamia

1900 B.C. - 1870 B.C.

Ahmose I of Thebes captures Avaris and drives out Hyksos invaders

1570 B.C. - 1546 B.C.

Thutmose I

1526 B.C. - 1513 B.C.

Thutmose II

1493 B.C. - 1479 B.C.

Thutmose III

1479 B.C. - 1425 B.C.

Tutankhamun's Reign

1336 B.C. - 1327 B.C.

New Kingdom of Egypt

1292 B.C. - 1069 B.C.

Iron smelting perfected and as Hittites are scattered

1215 B.C. - 1200 B.C.