Gavin's timeline
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Updated: 16 Nov 2018
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Created byGavin Carolan
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~5500 b.c.e. Earliest permanent settlements built along the Nile~3100 b.c.e. Menes unites Lower and Upper Egypt and becomes the first pharaoh~3100 b.c.e. Memphis becomes the capital~2630 b.c.e. The first step pyramid is built at Saqqara~2575 b.c.e. Bronze replaces copper~2570 b.c.e. Pyramids of Giza are built~2050 b.c.e. The Temple at Karnak begins to be built~2040 b.c.e. Thebes becomes the capital~1493 b.c.e. Hatshepsut becomes pharao~1479 b.c.e.Thutmose III becomes pharaohPeriods
PreDynastic Period ~3300-3100 b.c.e.Early Dynastic Period ~3100-2700 b.c.e.Old Kingdom, aka Age of the Pyramids ~2750-2250 b.c.e.First Intermediate Period (a time of chaos) ~2250-2050 b.c.e.Middle Kingdom ~2050-1650 b.c.e.Second Intermediate Period (a time of chaos) ~1650-1570 b.c.e.New Kingdom aka the Golden Age of Egypt ~1570-1070 b.c.e.Third Intermediate Period 1070-665 b.c.e.Late Period 665-332 b.c.e.Event progress
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