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History of Ancient Egypt

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Predynastic Period before c. 3100 BC	Lower Egypt c. 6000–3100 BC	Upper Egypt c. 7500–3100 BC
Unification under Menes/Narmer, c. 3100 BC
Early Dynastic Period c. 3100–2686 BC	1st Dynasty c. 3100–2890 BC
	2nd Dynasty c. 2890–2686 BC
Old Kingdom 2686–2181 BC	3rd Dynasty 2686–2613 BC
	4th Dynasty 2613–2494 BC
	5th Dynasty 2494–2345 BC
	6th Dynasty 2345–2181 BC
1st Intermediate Period 2181–2055 BC	7th/8th Dynasty 2181–2160 BC
	9th/10th Dynasty (Herakleopolis) 2160–2025 BC	11th Dynasty (Thebes) 2125–2055 BC
	Reunification under Mentuhotep II, c. 2055 BC
Middle Kingdom 2055–1650 BC	11th Dynasty (all Egypt) 2055–1985 BC
	12th Dynasty 1985–1773 BC
	13th Dynasty 1773–after 1650 BC	14th Dynasty (concurrent, delta) 1773–1650 BC
2nd Intermediate Period c. 1650–1550 BC	15th Dynasty (Hyksos) 1650–1550 BC	16th Dynasty 1650–1580 BC	17th Dynasty (Thebes) 1580–1550 BC
	Hyksos (cont.)	Theban resistance
	Ahmose I expels the Hyksos, c. 1550 BC
New Kingdom c. 1550–1069 BC	18th Dynasty 1550–1295 BC
	19th Dynasty 1295–1186 BC
	20th Dynasty (Ramessid) 1186–1069 BC
3rd Intermediate Period 1069–664 BC	21st Dynasty (Tanis) 1069–945 BC
	22nd Dynasty (Libyan/Bubastite) 945–715 BC
	22nd (cont.)	23rd Dynasty 818–715 BC	24th Dynasty 727–715 BC
	25th Dynasty (Nubian/Kushite) 747–656 BC
Late Period 664–332 BC	26th Dynasty (Saite) under Assyrian suzerainty 664–525 BC
	27th Dynasty (Persian Empire) 525–404 BC
	28th Dynasty 404–399 BC
	29th Dynasty 399–380 BC
	30th Dynasty 380–343 BC
	31st Dynasty (Persian Empire) 343–332 BC
Hellenistic Period 332–30 BC	Argead Dynasty (Alexander) 332–305 BC
	Ptolemaic Dynasty 305–30 BC
Roman Period 30 BC – AD 642	Roman / Byzantine rule 30 BC – AD 642