History timeline

Egypt

33 periods and events, 3150 BCE – 2011.

Periods and events

When	Period or event	Kind	Source
3150–2686 BCE	Early Dynastic period早王朝时期 Upper and Lower Egypt unified under the first pharaohs.	Dynasty or era	Source
2686–2181 BCE	Old Kingdom古王国时期 "Age of the Pyramids"; strong central rule from Memphis.	Dynasty or era	Source
2560 BCE	Great Pyramid of Giza吉萨大金字塔 Tomb of Khufu; the tallest human-made structure for nearly 4,000 years.	Technology	Source
2055–1650 BCE	Middle Kingdom中王国时期 Reunification after the First Intermediate Period; classical age of literature.	Dynasty or era	Source
1550–1069 BCE	New Kingdom新王国时期 Egypt's imperial peak, from Nubia to Syria; Valley of the Kings tombs.	Dynasty or era	Source
1353–1336 BCE	Akhenaten's Amarna period埃赫那吞的阿马尔纳时期 Pharaoh imposes worship of the sun-disc Aten; reversed under Tutankhamun.	Religion	Source
1279–1213 BCE	Reign of Ramesses II拉美西斯二世统治 Fought the Hittites at Kadesh, then signed the earliest known peace treaty.	Dynasty or era	Source
664–332 BCE	Late Period后期埃及 Last native dynasties, alternating with Persian rule.	Dynasty or era	Source
332–30 BCE	Ptolemaic period (Cleopatra)托勒密时期（克利奥帕特拉） Greek rule from Alexander's conquest; ends with Cleopatra's death and Roman annexation.	Dynasty or era	Source
332 BCE	Alexander the Great conquers Egypt亚历山大大帝征服埃及 Founds Alexandria; his general Ptolemy later takes Egypt.	War	Source
30 BCE – 641	Roman and Byzantine Egypt罗马与拜占庭埃及	Dynasty or era
642 – 1798	Islamic period伊斯兰时期	Dynasty or era
642 – 1517	Medieval Egypt中世纪埃及	Dynasty or era
969 – 1171	Fatimid Caliphate法蒂玛王朝 Shia caliphate that founded Cairo and al-Azhar.	Dynasty or era	Source
1171 – 1250	Ayyubid dynasty阿尤布王朝 Founded by Saladin, who retook Jerusalem from the Crusaders.	Dynasty or era	Source
1250 – 1517	Mamluk Sultanate马穆鲁克苏丹国 Slave-soldier rulers who stopped the Mongols at Ain Jalut in 1260.	Dynasty or era	Source
1517 – 1867	Early modern: Ottoman Egypt近世：奥斯曼埃及	Dynasty or era
1798 – 1801	French occupation法国占领	Colonial
1805 – 1953	Muhammad Ali dynasty穆罕默德·阿里王朝 Modernizing rulers, nominally Ottoman vassals; monarchy abolished in 1953.	Dynasty or era	Source
1869	Suez Canal opens苏伊士运河通航 Links the Mediterranean and Red Sea; debts over it led to British control.	Technology	Source
1882 – 1922	British occupation英国占领	Colonial
1919	1919 Revolution1919年革命 Nationwide revolt against British rule after Saad Zaghloul's exile.	Politics	Source
1922	Kingdom of Egypt independent埃及王国独立 Britain ends its protectorate but keeps troops and control of Suez.	Politics	Source
1922	Tutankhamun's tomb discovered图坦卡蒙墓被发现 Howard Carter finds the nearly intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings.	Other	Source
1952	1952 Revolution1952年革命 Free Officers' coup overthrows King Farouk.	Politics	Source
1956 – 1970	Nasser presidency纳赛尔执政 Arab nationalism, land reform and alignment with the Soviet bloc.	Politics	Source
1956 – 1956	Suez Crisis苏伊士运河危机 Israel, Britain and France invade after Nasser nationalizes the canal; US and USSR force withdrawal.	War	Source
1960 – 1970	Aswan High Dam阿斯旺高坝 Soviet-backed dam ends the Nile's annual flood and creates Lake Nasser.	Technology	Source
1973 – 1973	October War十月战争 Egypt and Syria attack Israel to regain land lost in 1967; Egypt crosses the Suez Canal.	War	Source
1979	Egypt–Israel peace treaty埃以和平条约 Follows the Camp David Accords; Israel returns Sinai.	Politics	Source
1981	Sadat assassinated萨达特遇刺 Killed by Islamist army officers during a victory parade.	Politics	Source
1981 – 2011	Mubarak era穆巴拉克时代 Three decades of emergency rule; ended by the 2011 uprising.	Politics	Source
1988	Naguib Mahfouz wins the Nobel Prize纳吉布·马哈福兹获诺贝尔奖 First Arabic-language writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.	Literature	Source

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