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	List of pharaohs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Around 2055 BC, a descendant of the pharaoh Intef III defeated the Herakleopolitan pharaohs, reunited the Two Lands, founded the Eleventh Dynasty and ruled as Mentuhotep II, the first pharaoh of the Middle Kingdom.
		The New Kingdom is the period covering the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth dynasty of Egypt, from the 16th century BC to the 11th century BC, between the Second Intermediate Period, and the Third Intermediate Period.
		Egypt was conquered by the Persian Empire in 525 BC and annexed by the Persians until 404 BC.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Pharaohs (2310 words)

	IBSS - History - Egyptian
		Ahmose I - 1570-1546 BC Expelled the Hyksos ANEP, 310.
		In 665 BC Tanutamun rebells and Thebes is sacked and its temple treasury taken in 663 BC.
		In 490 BC Darius' army was defeated by the Greeks at Marathon.
	www.bibleandscience.com /history/egyptian.htm (3454 words)

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		King Menes united Upper and Lower Egypt in 2686 BC, establishing the new capitol in Memphis, from where the Pharaoh would rule with the support of a strong central government.
		The political basis of Egypt was a kingship in which the throne was passed on to the oldest son of the pharaoh.
		In 2181 BC, the system faltered upon the loss of newly conquered Nubia to Kail (the governor of Aswan).
	www.thenagain.info /WebChron/Africa/OldKingdom.html (843 words)

	27th century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		2697 BC -- According to Chinese tradition, in this year Huangdi (the Yellow Emperor) united the tribes of Central China.
		2686 BC -- Egypt: End of Second Dynasty, start of Third Dynasty.
		2600 BC - End of the Early Dynastic II Period and the beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period in Mesopotamia
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/27th_century_BC (225 words)

	Egyptian History - Overview
		From the end of the twelfth dynasty to the beginning of the eighteenth dynasty, was a time of further instability, during which Asiatic settlers in the Delta region established rule in the north and began to extend south.
		Their deliverance came with the arrival of Alexander the Great in 332 BC, who, before leaving, was formally recognised as Pharaoh and founded the city of Alexandria.
		In 30 BC Egypt became a Roman province.
	www.fitzwimarc.org.uk /egypt/egypt3.htm (460 words)

	Egypt - History - Hotel Near (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		While Tuthmosis I (c.1525-1512 BC) built the first tomb in the Valley of the Kings, his daughter Hatshepsut raised the great mortuary temple of Deir el-Bahri, ruling as pharaoh (c.1503-1482 BC) despite her stepson's claim on the throne.
		This division was consolidated under the XXI Dynasty (c.1069-945 BC), the successors of Herihor and Smendes ruling their respective halves of Egypt from Thebes and Tanis.
		This XXII Dynasty (c.945-715 BC) ruled Egypt from Bubastis in the Delta until a rival line seized power in Upper Egypt, precipitating civil war between the Bubastite monarchs and the Theban XXIII Dynasty (818-720 BC), which was further complicated by a brief XXIV Dynasty (727-715 BC) of Ethiopian kings.
	www.hotelnear.com /1/3g/Egypt-History.html (4926 words)

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		860 BC — Harsiese becomes first 22nd Dynasty priest at Thebes to not be a son of the king c.
		850 BC — Libyan kings start to lose their reestablished political authority of the king to the high priests at Thebes and the god’s wives of Amun c.
		730 BC — there were two kings in the Delta (at Bubastis and Leontopolis), one at Hermopolis, one at Herakleopolis; also six others who were virtually independent; victory stele of Piy shows chiefs of the Meshwesh on equal footing with kings and no royal title c.
	www.geocities.com /szswim38/EgyptTimeline.doc (592 words)

	Scribe’s Writing Desk - an Australian fantasy writer » Egyptian Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		By the 8th century BC, the influence of Nubia on Egypt’s southern border was being felt.
		In the early 7th century BC, the country was ruled by Taharqa who began to have problems with the Assyrians and their expansionist policies.
		Following the sea battle of Actium in 31 BC where Cleopatra’s ships fled home followed by Antony, Octavian went to Alexandria but was denied the capture of the two when both suicided in 30 BC.
	www.fantasyscribe.com /blog?p=39 (2081 words)

	Aegyptica Antica
		c.2890 BC It is believed that Hotepsekhemwy reigned for some 38 years, and it is possible that he was buried at Saqqara - although nothing is known for certain about his reign.
		c.2865 BC Very much the same can be said for Raneb, except that he is believed to have ruled for 39 years.
		c.2686 BC Khasekhemwy reigned for thirty years, and during that time the conflict between north and south seem to have subsided - echoed by the fact that Khasekhemwy combined both his Horus and Seth names.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /aegypticaantica/chronology/dynasty2.htm (323 words)

	Egyptian Sourcebook for Castle Falkenstein - History
		This struggle led to the victory of the south and the unification of the Two Lands in 3,100 BC under the command of the first sorcerer pharaoh Menes, who is also known as Narmer.
		The Second Dynasty lasting from 2,980 to 2,686 BC was characterized by regional disputes and a decentralization of Pharaonic authority, a process which was only temporarily halted by the Pharaoh Raneb, also called Hotepsekhemwy.
		The Fifth Dynasty (2,490 - 2,330 BC) was marked by a relative decline in Pharaonic power and wealth, evidenced by the smaller pyramids of Abu Sir built during this period.
	cfegypt.www3.50megs.com /History.html (5858 words)

	Sacred Insects
		The scarab was a common type of amulet, seal or ring-bezel found in Egypt from the 6th Dynasty (c.2345 BC) until the Ptolemaic period (c.30 BC).
		In the Old and Middle Kingdom periods (2686-1650 BC), the fly was also depicted on various ritual artifacts, including the so called 'magic wands' often carved from hippopotamus ivory and probably intended to protect the owner from harm.
		He was identified from a ceremonial mace-head found at Hierakonpolis (modern-day Kom el-Ahmar, about 80 km south of Luxor) [map] which depicts a king wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt with the glyph of a scorpion next to his face.
	www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk /sacredinsect.htm (2742 words)

	Egyptian timeline
		2613-2589 BC Sneferu (or Snofru), son of Huni, builds a step pyramid at Meidum, followed by the Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid, both at Dahshur.
		1279 - 1213 BC Hatshepsut becomes the most successful female pharoah, even if she has to wear a false beard to do it.
		In 323 AD Christianity becomes the empire's official religion, and in 394 AD the last hieroglyphs are carved at the temple of Philae, bringing ancient Egyptian culture to an end as a living force.
	www.richard-seaman.com /Travel/Egypt/Timeline (552 words)

	Pyramids
		Most date from the Old Kingdom (c.2686-2181 BC) and are found on the west bank of the Nile, in a region approximately 100 km long and situated south of the delta, between Hawara and Abu Ruwaysh.
		Beginnig in the 10th century AD the entire Giza complex served as a source of building materials for the construction of Cairo, and as a result, all three pyramids were stripped of their original smooth outer facing of limestone.
		The pyramid of Khufu, erected c.2500 BC, is the largest in the world, measuring 230 m on each side of its base and originally measuring 147 m high.
	stp.ling.uu.se /~viktorah/pyramids.html (856 words)

	Egypt Uncovered - A brief history of Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Second Dynasty (2980 - 2686 BC) was marked by a breakdown of Pharaonic authority and a series of regional disputes - probably the result of religious rivalry between the two deities Horus in the south, and Seth in the Delta.
		Built during the Third Dynasty (2686 – 2613 BC) by Zoser’s chief architect Imhotep, the impressive Step Pyramid at Saqqara is believed by many to be the first true pyramid in Egypt, and seems to have been the inspiration for the many pyramids that followed.
		By 525 BC the Assyrians were in turn swept aside by the armies of the Persian Empire.
	www.egypt-uncovered.com /guide/egypt_his.php (4075 words)

	Egypt: The Viziers of Ancient Egypt
		Their importance in the 5th Dynasty may be attested by the tomb of Ptahshepses, a vizier who's mastaba tomb is the finest of any at Abusir.
		Amenemhat I Sephetepibra (1985-1955 BC) was the first ruler of the 12th Dynasty, but we believe he was earlier attested to as the vizier of Mentuhotep IV.
		After the Second Intermediate Period (1650-1550 BC), viziers such as Ramose and Rekhmira continued to play a significant role in the government of Egypt, because of the strength the title gained during the that intermediate period.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/vizier.htm (970 words)

	REALM OF THE GODS
		Tawaret was known as "mistress of the horizon" when she was depicted on Sety I `s (1294 1279 BC) tomb ceiling in the Valley of the Kings (KV 15).
		Some were even found at Armarna (c 1340 BC), the city where Akhenaten moved the royal court to from Thebes and promoted the worship of the god Aten.
		During the early dynastic period (c 3100 - 2686 BC) Thoth was associated, in his baboon form, with the baboon-god Hedj-wer ("the great white one").
	gtae.users.btopenworld.com /godsTtoW.htm (1041 words)

	Egyptian History
		Shebitku - 702-690 BC Taharqa - 690-664 BC Hezekiah was relying on him for help against Assyria.
		Darius I - 521-486 BC ANE 1, fig.196 this could be the Darius in the Book of Daniel (5:30,6:1), but it may refer to Gubaru the governor of Babylon (ANET, 306; ANE 1, 203), or Cyrus' throne name in Babylon (6:28; I Chronicles 5:26; NIV note).
		Ptolemaic Dynasty 305-30 BC During this period the Ptolemy's would struggle with the Seleucid Dynasty in Syria for control of Palestine.
	members.aol.com /abbylm1989/egypt.htm (3506 words)

	THE CHRONOLOGY OF ANCIENT EGYPT
		First Dynasty 3050 - 2890 BC Second Dynasty 2890 - 2686 BC The coming of age of Egyptian civilisation.
		The 21st - 24th Dynasties is known as the Libyan Period, and the system adopted by the Libyan rulers and modified by the later 25th Dynasty Kushites was generally effective.
		This second occupation was a period of suppression and rebellion resulting in the Egyptians welcoming the rule of the Macedonian leader Alexander.
	www.egyptologyonline.com /chronology.htm (786 words)

	Egyptian Chronology
		EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD: 3100-2686 BC; Dynasties 1/II It may be that Narmer handed on a newly-unified country to his son, Hor-Aha, who is considered to be the first king of the first Dynasty.
		This period of instability lasted two centuries and was brought to an end by a Theban family, one of whom (Ahmose) finally expelled the Hyksos.
		NEW KINGDOM: 1570-1070 BC Dynasties XVIII-XX The New Kingdom's first king was Ahmose who reunified Upper and Lower Egypt.
	homepage.powerup.com.au /~ancient/chron.htm (1983 words)

	Curry Spice & All Thimgs Nice: Food in History
		8900 BC Evidence of farming at Sharidar in Kurdistan.
		7,900 BC Oldest known surviving piece of pottery found in China dated to this period.
		Archaic Period (Dynasty 1 - II) to 2686 BC Lebanon settled by Canaanites, later known as Phoenicians.
	www.menumagazine.co.uk /book/timeline01.html (679 words)

	Pharaoh Heaven - General Ancient Egyptian History
		4th millennium BC, the land of Egypt was covered by many different nomadic tribes, with different cultures and traditions.
		The Old Kingdom, c.2686 BC – 2181 BC During the Old Kingdom, Egypt really came of age.
		Kingship as a concept became more crystallised, with an increased emphasis upon the divine nature of pharaoh –; he was the reincarnation of Horus and (from the 5th dynasty onwards) the son of the sun god Re.
	pharaoh.heavengames.com /egypt/history/genhist/d3.shtml (662 words)

	Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		2686 BC The Third Dynasty took control of the government.
		37 BC Queen Cleopatra VII of the Ptolemies married Mark Antony a ruler of the Roman Empire.
		31 BC Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra in the Battle of Actium.
	www.worldhistory.com /egypt.htm (1860 words)

	Ancient Egypt
		About 3100 BC Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt; invention of hieroglyphic writing; Protodynastic Period begins.
		About 2686 BC End of Protodynastic Period; start of the Old Kingdom (q.v).
		The time between unification of the country in about 3100 BC and the start of the Old Kingdom is known as the Protodynastic Period.
	www.geocities.com /Axiom43/oldegypt.html (375 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sir Arthur Evans based his periods on the well-known Egyptian periods of the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms or the period covered by the years 2686 BC to 1000 BC.
		Early Minoan: 2500 BC to 1950 BC Middle Minoan: 1950 BC to 1550 BC Late Minoan: 1550 BC to 1100 BC.
		It is important to note that the greatest cultural achievements took place between 1900 BC and 1400 BC.
	www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/5794/46899 (543 words)

	Week 4: Pharonic History (Part 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The earliest period is known as the Archaic or Early Dynastic Period (3100-2686 BC).
		Around 2050 BC a king from Thebes named Mentuhotep crushed Herakleopolis and became king of a unified Egypt.
		This assured in a new period known as the Middle Kingdom (2050-1786 BC), Dynasties 11-12.
	www.website1.com /odyssey/week4/FYI.html (592 words)

	UWS - Template - Text Only
		Marl clays were used first in Upper Egypt, from where they were mined and from the Naqada III period (from c3200 BC) in Lower Egypt.
		This is the last in the wavy lined pot series (see number 3 for the first in the series).
		Dynasty (1985-1795 BC) tomb at Esna (tomb 80.)
	www.swan.ac.uk /egypt/infosheet/Pottery.htm (947 words)

	Dynasties - Old Kingdom
		From the 1st dynasty 3I00 2890 BC to the 8th dynasty 2181- 2125 BC Egyptian dating is expressed by ruling families - dynasties.
		The historian Manetho (270 BC) wrote a history of Egypt giving the number of dynasties, the number of kings, their names and the length of each reign.
		None of the names of kings of the short-lived seventh dynasty are known and the eighth dynasty shows signs of and political decay.
	www.eyelid.co.uk /dynasty1.htm (957 words)

	CULTUREFOCUS: Ancient Egypt. Pictures of Egyptian pyramids and temples.
		From the start of the Old Kingdom around 2686 BC, an era of rule by pharaohs of more than 30 family dynasties continued almost unbroken for nearly 3000 years.
		They believed their rulers were divine god-kings who would ascend from the pyramid to take their place among the gods in the afterlife.
		The conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great in 332 BC led to a period of rule by the Ptolemaic dynasty from Greece.
	www.culturefocus.com /egypt.htm (1039 words)

	Ancient Egyptian Timeline
		The first religious words were written on the walls of the royal tombs.
		2160 BC Capitol moves from Memphis to Herakleopolis in northern Middle Egypt - Upper Egypt controlled by Theban rulers.
		300 BC The Temple of Isis was built on the island of Philae in the Nile River.
	www.mce.k12tn.net /ancient_egypt/timeline.htm (933 words)

	Guardian's Ancient Egyptian Kinglist
		2686 - 2575 BC Sanakhte (Nebka?) 2686 - 2668
		2465 - 2323 BC Userkef 2498 - 2491
		This all ends in the last great era of ancient Egypt, beginning with the 18th Dynasty, and the rise of the New Kingdom.
	home.att.net /~kganu/wsb/html/Egyptian_Kingdoms.htm (129 words)

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