PERIODS OF EGYPTIAN HISTORY

1. PRE-HISTORIC EGYPT (10000-3000 BCE)

LATER STONE AGE (LSA) 10000-6000 BCE
PRE-DYNASTIC PERIOD 6000-3000 BCE "Scorpion" King, Narmar
2. PHARAONIC (PHARONIC) or ANCIENT EGYPT (3000-332 BCE)
ARCHAIC PERIOD 3000-2650 BCE Dynasties I – II, King Menes (?)
OLD KINGDOM PERIOD 2650-2180 BCE
Dynasty III 2650-2575 BCE Zozer, Sekhem-Khet, Huni
Dynasty IV 2575-2465 BCE Sneferu, Khufu , Khaf-Re, Menkau-Re
Dynasty V 2465-2325 BCE Sahu-Re, Neferireka-Re, Niuser-Re, Unas
Dynasty VI 2325-2150 BCE Teti, Pepi I, Pepi II
1ST INTERMEDIATE 2150-2050 BCE Dynasties VII - X
MIDDLE KINGDOM PERIOD 2050-1750 BCE
Dynasty XI 2050-1950 BCE Mentu-hotep
Dynasty XII 1950-1750 BCE Amenemhet I, Senusret I, Senusret III, Amenemhet III
2ND INTERMEDIATE 1750-1550 BCE Dynasties XIII - XVII
NEW KINGDOM PERIOD 1550-1070 BCE
Dynasty XVIII 1550-1310 BCE Hatshepsut, Tuthmosis III, Amun hotep II, Amunhotep III,
Akhnaten, Tutankhamun, Horemhab
Dynasty XIX 1310-1196 BCE Seti I, Rameses II (and Queen Nefertari), Merne-Ptah
Dynasty XX 1196-1070 BCE Rameses III, Rameses IV, Rameses VI
3RD INTERMEDIATE 1070-525 BCE
Dynasties XXI-XXIV 1070-770 BCE Psusennes I, Sheshonq I
Dynasty XXV (Nubians) 770-657 BCE Kashta, Piankhi, Shabaka, Taharqa
Dynasty XXVI (Sa'ites) 672-525 BCE Psamtik I, Necho I, Apries, Psamtik II
PERSIAN PERIOD 525-332 BCE
Persian Empire 525-404 BCE Darius I, Xerxes I
Dynasty XXVIII-XXX 404-332 BCE Amyrtaeus, Nectanebo I, Nectanebo II
3. GRECO-ROMAN or HELLENISTIC EGYPT (332 BCE-642 CE)
GREEK PERIOD 332-30 BCE
Alexander the Great 332-323 BCE Alexander III "the Great", Philip Arrhidaeus
Ptolemaic Dynasty 323-30 BCE Ptolemy I, Ptolemy II, Cleopatra
ROMAN PERIOD 30 BCE-642 CE
The Principate 30 BCE-275 CE Augustus, Tiberius, Claudius, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian
The Dominate 2750-451 CE Diocletian, Constantine, Theodosius I
The Coptic Era 451-642 CE Marcian, Justinian I, Heraclius
4. MEDIEVAL or ISLAMIC EGYPT (642-1805 CE)
EARLY ISLAMIC PERIOD 642-868 CE
TULUNID PERIOD 868-902 CE Ahmad ibn Tulun, Khumarawayh
IKHSHID PERIOD 902-969 CE Muhammad b. Tughj, Kafur
FATIMID PERIOD 969-1170 CE Mu'izz, al-Hakim, Badr al-Gamali
AYYUBID PERIOD 1170-1250 CE Salah ad-Din, al-'Adil, al-Kamil,
MAMLUK PERIOD 1250-1517 CE
Bahri Mamluk Period 1250-1382 CE Baybars, Qalawun, al-Nasir Muhammad, Sultan Hasan
Burgi Mamluk Period 1382-1517 CE Barquq, Barsbay, Qaytbay, al-Ghuri
OTTOMAN PERIOD 1517-1805 CE Selim I, Sulayman I, 'Ali Bey Kabir
5. MODERN EGYPT (1805-)
EARLY MODERN EGYPT 1805-1922 CE
Muhammad 'Ali & His Dynasty 1805-1882 CE Muhammad 'Ali, Abbas, Isma'il, Tawfiq
British Rule and the Khedivate 1882-1922 CE Lord Cromer, Lord Kitchener
MODERN EGYPT 1922 - Present
The Monarchy 1922-1952 Fu'ad I, Farouk
The Parliamentary Republic 1952-the Present Nasser, Sadat, Mubarak