See also from our Feature Articles:

 

• Upper Egyptian Neolithic and Predynastic Religion and Rulers by Caroline Seawright
• Naqada III: Dynasty 0

The information on Egyptian history is taken from a number of sources, including Sir Alan Gardiner's Egypt of the Pharaohs. Many sources are used so as to reflect a wide variety of theories and ideas about Egypt's history, particularly its early days.

 

Prehistory
Early Dynastic Period
Old Kingdom
First Intermediate Period
Middle Kingdom
Second Intermediate Period
New Kingdom
Third Intermediate Period
Late Kingdom
Greek Period
Roman Period
Islamic Period
French Period
British Period

 

 

• Lower Paleolithic (c. 2 Million - 100000 BC)
• Middle Paleolithic (100000 - 30000 BC)
• Upper Paleolithic (30000 - 10000 BC)
• Epipaleolithic Era (10000 - c. 5500 BC)
• Predynastic Period (5500 - 3100 BC)

 

 

• 1st Dynasty (2920 - 2770 BC)
• 2nd Dynasty (2770 - 2650 BC)

 

 

• 3rd Dynasty (2650 - 2575 BC)
• 4th Dynasty (2575 - 2467 BC)
• 5th Dynasty (2465 - 2323 BC)
• 6th Dynasty (2323 - 2152 BC)
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First Intermediate Period (7th - 11th Dynasties) (2150 -1986 BC)

 

 

• 11th Dynasty (1986 - 1937 BC)
• 12th Dynasty (1937 - 1759 BC)

 

Second Intermediate Period (13th - 17th Dynasties) (1759 - 1539 BC)

 

 

• 18th Dynasty (1539 - 1295 BC)
• 19th Dynasty (1295 - 1186 BC)
• 20th Dynasty (1186 - 1069 BC)

 

 

• 21st Dynasty (1070 - 945 BC)
• 22nd Dynasty (945 - 712 BC)
• 23rd Dynasty (828 - 725 BC)
• 24th Dynasty (725 - 715 BC)
• 25th Dynasty (712 - 657 BC)

 

 

• 26th Dynasty (664 - 525 BC)
• 27th Dynasty (525 - 404 BC)
• 28th Dynasty (404 - 399 BC)
• 29th Dynasty (399 - 380 BC)
• 30th Dynasty (380 - 343 BC)
• 31st Dynasty (343 - 332 BC)

Ptolemaic Dynasty

 

 

• Roman Period
• Byzantine Period

 

 

• Abbasid Period
• Fatimid Period
• Ayyubid Period
• Mameluke Period
• Bahri Mameluke Period
• Burgi Mameluke Period
• Ottoman Turk Period

French Occupation Period

 

British Occupation Period

 

Last Updated: June 12th, 2011