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Predynastic Egypt
The Predynastic Period of Ancient Egypt (prior to 3100 BC) is traditionally the period between the Early Neolithic and the beginning of the Pharaonic monarchy starting with King MenesHowever, the dates of the Predynastic period were first defined...
Duration:
- 3100 B.C.E. —
Early Dynastic Period of Egypt
The Archaic or Early Dynastic Period of Egypt immediately follows the unification of Lower and Upper Egypt c. 3100 BC. It is generally taken to include the First and Second Dynasties, lasting from the Protodynastic Period of Egypt until 2686 BC, or...
Duration:
- 345 years (2920 B.C.E. — 2575 B.C.E.)
Old Kingdom
The Old Kingdom is the name commonly given to the period in the 3rd millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization in complexity and achievement – the first of three so-called "Kingdom" periods, which mark the high...
Duration:
- 552 years (2686 B.C.E. — 2134 B.C.E.)
First Intermediate Period of Egypt
The First Intermediate Period, often described as a “dark period” in ancient Egyptian history, spanned approximately one hundred years after the end of the Old Kingdom from ca. 2181-2055 BC . It included the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and part...
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
The Middle Kingdom is the period in the history of ancient Egypt stretching from the establishment of the Eleventh Dynasty to the end of the Fourteenth Dynasty, between 2080 BCE and 1640 BCE.
The period comprises two phases, the 11th Dynasty, which...
Duration:
- 2040 B.C.E. —
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt
The Second Intermediate Period marks a period when Ancient Egypt fell into disarray for a second time, between the end of the Middle Kingdom and the start of the New Kingdom. It is best known as the period when the Hyksos made their appearance in...
Duration:
- 1800 B.C.E. —
New Kingdom
The New Kingdom, sometimes referred to as the Egyptian Empire, is the period in ancient Egyptian history between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC, covering the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Dynasties of Egypt. The New Kingdom ...
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
The Third Intermediate Period refers to the time in Ancient Egypt from the death of Pharaoh Ramesses XI in 1070 BC to the foundation of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty by Psamtik I in 664 BC, following the expulsion of the Nubian rulers of the Twenty-Fifth...
Duration:
- 406 years (1070 B.C.E. — 664 B.C.E.)
Late Period of Ancient Egypt
The Late Period of Egypt refers to the last flowering of native Egyptian rulers after the Third Intermediate Period from the 26th Saite Dynasty into Persian conquests and ended with the death of Alexander the Great. It ran from 664 BC until 323 BC....
Greco-Roman
The Greco-Roman period of history refers to the culture of the peoples who were incorporated into the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.
In the schools of art, philosophy and rhetoric, the foundations of education were transmitted throughout the lands...
