A brief timetable with dates
3100 BC Upper and lower Egypt united by Narmer
2650-2300 BC Pyramid building at Giza
2125-1650 BC Thebes (now Luxor) becomes the capital
1550-1150 BC New Kingdom under 18-19th dynasty including the female pharaoh Hatshepsut and the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun
525 BC Persians rule Egypt
331 BC Invasion by Alexander the Great
30 BC Anthony and Cleopatra defeated
45 AD St Mark arrives in Alexandria and Christianity begins
640-868 AD Arabs take control of Egypt
1171 AD Saladin siezes power and builds a Citadel in Cairo
1517 AD Ottamans make Egypt a province
1798 AD Napoleon invades but is quickly replaced by British
1859 AD Work begins on Suez canal
1922 AD Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamun
1952 AD Egypt becomes a republic
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