Title: Timeline for Egypt Subject: Publisher: Description: Yea verily Contributors: Effective_date: None Expiration_date: 9998-12-31 00:00:00 Type: Document Format: text/plain Language: Rights: SafetyBelt: 1069523874.25 .5000 BC -- First knowlegde of human habitation in the Nile delta. .3800 BC -- First Nile culture known to man. .3100 BC -- First hyrogliphic writing. .3000 BC -- Egyptians start worshoping the sun god, Ra. .2700-1640 BC -- Pyrimid building begins to house the bodies of the previous Pharaohs. .2650-2134 BC -- Beginning of the third dynasty. .2630 (approx)BC -- Egyptians build 'step' pyrimid. .1700 BC -- First knowledge of medicines in Egypt. .1550-? BC -- Temple building begins. .1500 BC -- First example of the Book of the Dead. .1182-1151 BC -- Ramses the second reigns. Moses takes Hebrews out of Egypt. .750 BC -- Conquest for Egypt by Kush under Keshta. .322 BC -- Alexander the Great attacks Egypt. .228 BC -- Greek translation of the Hebrew Torah. .51-30 BC -- Reign of Cleopatra VII. .31 BC -- Mark Antony and Cleopatra defeated by Agustus Caesar. .30 BC-356 AD -- Roman Period. .1 BC -- Jesus Christ is born. .66 AD -- Jewish riots against Rome in Egypt. .395 AD -- Rome divides. Egypt goes free of Roman control. .641 AD -- Egypt becomes Islamic. .992 AD -- Greeks dispatcher Egyptian hyrogliphs, using Rosetta Stone. .1572 -- Egypt gets sucked into Turkish Ottoman empire. .1882 -- British troops take over Egypt. .1914 -- Egypt gets British protection. .1924 -- Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq attack Israel. .1967 -- Iraq and Egypt attack Israel and fail. It is known as the Six Day War. .1981 -- Sadat assasinated. .1997 -- Fifty-eight tourists shot by gunmen. .2002 -- Egypt and Israel resolve differences. (For now.)