Kingdoms and Egypt

By Alexa Posada617
  • 3150 BCE

    Menes United Egypt

    Menes is the legendary first king of Egypt who is thought to have united Upper and Lower Egypt through conquest and founded both the First Dynasty and the great city of Memphis.
  • Period: 2649 BCE to 2150 BCE

    Old kingdom

    Egypt’s Old Kingdom was one of the most dynamic periods in the development of Egyptian art. During this period, artists learned to express their culture’s worldview, creating for the first time images and forms that endured for generations.
  • Period: 2050 BCE to 1640 BCE

    middle Kingdom

    Began when Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II reunited Upper and Lower Egypt, setting the stage for a second great flowering of Egyptian culture. Thebes came into prominence for the first time, serving as capital and artistic center during Dynasty 11 Their successor Intef Wahankh (Intef II) asserted his position as the ruler of all of Egypt.
  • 1630 BCE

    Hyksos Conquer Egypt

    Hyksos, dynasty of Palestinian origin that ruled northern Egypt as the 15th dynasty (c. 1630–1523 bce; see ancient Egypt: The Second Intermediate period). The name Hyksos was used by the Egyptian historian Manetho, who, according to the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus , translated the word as “king-shepherds” or “captive shepherds.”
  • Period: 1570 BCE to 1069 BCE

    New Kingdom

    The New Kingdom is the era in Egyptian history following the disunity of the Second Intermediate Period and preceding the dissolution of the central government at the start of the Third Intermediate Period.
  • Period: 1508 BCE to 1458 BCE

    region of hatshepsut

    Hatshepsut was the longest reigning female pharaoh in Egypt, ruling for 20 years in the 15th century B.C. She is considered one of Egypt's most successful pharaohs.
  • Period: 1479 BCE to 1425 BCE

    region of thutmose 3

    Widely considered a military genius by historians, Thutmose III made 16 raids in 20 years. He was an active expansionist ruler, sometimes called Egypt’s greatest conqueror or “the Napoleon of Egypt.” He is recorded to have captured 350 cities during his rule and conquered much of the Near East from the Euphrates to Nubia during seventeen known military campaigns.
  • Period: 1279 BCE to 1213 BCE

    region of ramses 2

    Ramses II was the son of Pharaoh Seti I and his Royal Wife, Tuya. It was not, as is sometimes assumed, an only child; It is known that he had at least two sisters and, apparently, a brother named Nebchasetnebet, who died before reaching adulthood, so Ramses became automatically the heir.
  • 525 BCE

    Persians Conquered Egypt

    The Persian Conquest of Egypt of 525 BC saw Cambyses II of Persia conquer the fourth major power of the ancient near east, completing the series of conquests begun by his father Cyrus II the Great.
  • 332 BCE

    Greeks Conquer Egypt

    The way for the Grecian conquest of Egypt had been preparing for many years. Ever since the memorable march of Xenophon, who led, in the face of unknown difficulties, ten thousand Greeks across Asia Minor.
    When the young Alexander, succeeding his father Philip on the throne of Macedonia, got himself appointed general by the chief of the Greek states