Time Periods of Ancient Egypt
Dates |
Time Period |
Dynasties |
Powerful Rulers |
3100-2600 B.C. |
Early Dynastic Period |
1-3 |
Menes, Djoser |
2600-2160 B.C. |
Old Kingdom |
4-8 |
Cheops, Chephren, Mycerinus, Pepy 1&2 |
2160-2040 B.C. |
First Intermediate Period |
9-11 |
|
2040-1700 B.C. |
Middle Kingdom |
11-13 |
Amenemmes I, II, III |
1700-1570 B.C. |
Second Intermediate Period |
14-17 |
|
1570-1070 B.C. |
New Kingdom |
18-20 |
Amosis I, Amenophis I, II, III, Tuthmosis I, II, III, IV, Hatshepsut, Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, Ramesses II & III |
1070- 600 B.C. |
Third Intermediate Period |
21-25 |
|
600 - 332 B.C. |
Late Period |
26-30 |
|
332 B.C. – 395 A.D |
Greco-Roman Period |
|
Alexander the Great, Ptolemy, Cleopatra, Octavius |
During the three Intermediate Periods, Egypt’s central government had difficulty controlling the country. In the Greco-Roman times, Egypt was under foreign control.
Ancient Egyptian History
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