Ancient Egypt Timeline

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  • 9000 BCE

    9000 B.C.

    9000 B.C.
    Hunter-gatherers in the Middle East and North Africa are collecting wild grains; herders in what will be called Zagros Mountains around the modern Iran-Iraq border begin to herd flocks of wild goats and sheep.
  • Period: 9000 BCE to 30 BCE

    Ancient Egypt

  • 6500 BCE

    6500 B.C

    6500 B.C
    What may be the world's first city Jericho, is built in the Jordan valley, with a population of about 2500 people.
  • 3600 BCE

    3600 B.C

    3600 B.C
    Wheeled carts are being used along the Tigris and Euphrates.
  • 2630 BCE

    2630 B.C

    2630 B.C
    Djoser becomes pharaoh; the first pyramid is built by the architect Imhotep.
  • 2134 BCE

    2134

    2134
    Central Rule fails in Egypt. Local rulers struggle for power.
  • 2040 BCE

    2040 B.C.

    2040 B.C.
    Pharaoh Mentuhotep rules all Egypt.
  • 1792 BCE

    1792 B.C.

    1792 B.C.
    King Hammurabi unites all Mesopotamia that they can no longer support the big cities.
  • 1595 BCE

    1595 B.C.

    1595 B.C.
    Hitties from what is now Turkey conquer Babylon.
  • 51 BCE

    51 B.C

    51 B.C
    Cleopatra, a descendent of Ptolemy, becomes queen of Egypt.
  • 30 BCE

    30 B.C.

    30 B.C.
    Cleopatra dies; Egypt becomes a province of the Roman Empire.