Timeline+of+Ancient+Egypt

Timeline of Ancient Egypt

4000-3500 B.C.E.
 * Prehistoric Period**

3500-3100 B.C.E.
 * Predynastic Period (Protodynastic Period, Dynasty 0)**

2920-2649 B.C.E.
 * Early Dynastic Period**

2649-2150 B.C.E.
 * Old Kingdom**

2150-2040 B.C.E.
 * First Intermediate Period**

2040-1650
 * Middle Kingdom**

1650-1550
 * Second Intermediate Period (Hyksos)**

1550-1070 B.C.E.
 * New Kingdom**

1070-712 B.C.E.
 * Third Intermediate Period**

712-332 B.C.E.
 * Late Period**

332 B.C.E. - 311 C.E.
 * Graeco-Roman Period**

Arab conquest -- 642 C.E.
 * Byzantine Period**

Ottoman Turks -- 1517 C.E. Napoleon Bonaparte invades -- 1798 C.E. Rosetta Stone found -- 1799 C.E. Hieroglyphics deciphered -- 1822 C.E. Howard Carter discovers the tomb of Tutankhamun -- 1922 C.E.
 * Modern Era**