Topic timeline · c. 3,100 BCE – 30 BCE
Ancient Egypt
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Three thousand years of pharaohs along the Nile, from the first united kingdom to Cleopatra and the Roman conquest.
Showing 3,530 years
Key people
Ramesses II1,303 BCE – 1,213 BCEEgyptian third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty
Tutankhamun1,343 BCE – 1,324 BCE14th century BCE (18th dynasty) Egyptian pharaoh
Cleopatra69 BCE – 30 BCEQueen of Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BCE
Akhenatenc. 1,400 BCE – 1,336 BCEEgyptian pharaoh in 18th Dynasty
Hatshepsut1,507 BCE – 1,458 BCE5th Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (c. 1479 BC - 1458 BC)
Nefertiti1,370 BCE – 1,330 BCEEgyptian queen and Great Royal Wife (chief consort) of Akhenaten, an Egyptian Pharaoh
Ptolemy100 CE – 170 CE2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographerSource: Wikidata (country of birthplace)_-_BEIC_6353762.jpg/330px-Paolo_Monti_-_Servizio_fotografico_(Roma%2C_1969)_-_BEIC_6353762.jpg)
Plotinus205 CE – 270 CEHellenistic Platonist philosopher and founder of Neoplatonism (c. 204/5–270)Source: Wikidata (country of birthplace)
Imhotepc. 2,800 BCE – 2,700 BCEEgyptian architect, physician, astronomer, and god of medicine in ancient Egyptian mythology.Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Amenhotep III1,400 BCE – 1,351 BCENinth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of EgyptSource: Wikidata (citizenship)
Menesc. 3,200 BCE – 3,125 BCEFounder of Manetho's 1st dynasty and unifier of EgyptSource: Wikidata (citizenship).jpg/330px-Tomb_of_Nefertari_(52785688763).jpg)
Nefertari1,290 BCE – 1,255 BCEAncient Egyptian queen consortSource: Wikidata (citizenship)
Everything that happened
- c. 3,100 BCEUpper and Lower Egypt uniteEgyptTradition credits King Narmer (Menes) with joining Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom, the start of the age of the pharaohs.
- c. 2,560 BCEGreat Pyramid of GizaGiza, EgyptBuilt as a tomb for the pharaoh Khufu, it remained the tallest human-made structure on Earth for roughly 3,800 years.
- 1,346 BCE – 1,336 BCEAmarna PeriodAmarnaThe Amarna Period was an era of Egyptian history during the later half of the Eighteenth Dynasty when the royal residence of the pharaoh and his queen shifted from the old capital of Thebes (Waset) to Akhetaten (literally "Horizon of the Aten") in what is now modern Amarna.
- c. 1,332 BCETutankhamun becomes pharaohEgyptThe boy king rules for about ten years. His nearly intact tomb, found in 1922, makes him the best-known pharaoh today.
- 1,274 BCEBattle of KadeshKadeshThe Battle of Kadesh was a major military conflict in the early 13th century BC, between the attacking Ramesses II of the Egyptian Empire and defending Muwatalli II of the Hittite Empire. In the previous year, Ramesses II had invaded the neighboring province of Amurru.
- 605 BCEBattle of CarchemishCarchemishThe Battle of Carchemish was a battle fought around 605 BCE between the armies of Egypt, allied with the remnants of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, against the armies of Babylonia. The forces would clash at Carchemish, an important military crossing and trade city on the banks of the Euphrates River in modern-day Syria.
- 31 BCEBattle of ActiumIonian SeaThe Battle of Actium was a naval battle fought between Octavian's maritime fleet, led by Marcus Agrippa, and the combined fleets of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. The battle took place on 2 September 31 BC in the Ionian Sea, near the former Roman colony of Actium, Greece, and was the climax of over a decade of rivalry between Octavian and Mark Antony.
- 30 BCEDeath of CleopatraAlexandria, EgyptCleopatra VII, the last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, dies after her defeat by Octavian. Egypt becomes a Roman province.Source: Wikidata (country)