History Egypt

 Historical dates

Egyptian Pharaohs: 30 Pharaoh dynasties succeeded one another over 3,000 years
2700-2180 BC: The Old Kingdom. The construction of the Sphinx, the Djoser Step Pyramid (built on the Saqqara plateau) and the pyramids of Kheops, Khafra and Menkaura
2180-2060 BC: First Intermediate Period, misery and anarchy
2060-1785 BC: Middle Kingdom. Prosperity after reunification of the country
1785-1580 BC: Second Intermediate Period. The Hyksos invasion, political disorder
1580-1085 BC: The New Kingdom. A prosperous perion, it was the era of the reign of Hatshepsut (the Temple of Deir el-Bahri), of Thutmose III, Amenhotep II (Temple of Luxor, Colossi of Memnon), Akhenaten, Tutankhamun,Seti I, Ramesses II (Temple of Abu Simbel and Ramesseum) and Ramesses III
1085-333 BC: The kingdom fell into the hands of the Ethiopians and then the Persians, Egypt under domination
333-30 BC: Conquest by Alexander the Great. The founding of the city of Alexandria and the end of the Egyptian Pharaoh Dynasties
30 BC-395 AD: Egypt was a province of Ancient Rome. It was then ruled by the Byzantine (4th to 7th century AD), the Arabs (7th to 13th century AD), the Mamluk (13th to 16th century AD) and the Ottoman (16th to 19th century AD)
From 1798 to 1801: Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in Egypt
1879: The kingdom of Egypt came under English protectorate
1922: the British granted Egypt its independence
July 1952: Faruk, the last king of Egypt was abdicated
1953: A Republic was proclaimed. Nasser became president in 1954 and was the first Egyptian in power since the Pharaohs. His politics were socialist, pan-Arabic and nationalist
June 1967: The Six-Day War against Israel
In October 1973: Yom Kippur War (also, the Ramadan War or October War) against Israel
1971: Anouar al-Sadate was elected President of the Republic
In 1979: Peace treaty signed with Israel that left the Sinaï in 1982
1981: Sadate was assassinated by a Muslim extremist. The Socialist Hosni Moubarack succeeded him
1990 Egypt sided with the USA, Syria and Israel against Iraq that invaded Kuwait
1992: Violent race riots between radical Muslims and the Copts (Crhistian Egyptians) closed Middle Egypt to tourists. Now, cruises on the Nile start from Luxor