Ancient Egypt Timeline by Lucy Piland https://padlet.com/lucy_piland/dk8bfop1q6qtfmeg How Egypt changed over time en-us 2022-01-11 15:14:27 UTC 2025-10-18 13:04:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Early Dynasty Period lucy_piland https://padlet.com/lucy_piland/dk8bfop1q6qtfmeg/wish/1986320951 3000 - 2600 BCE. 

Fact One: The nations of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt became united under a king. 

Fact Two: Early images of this king were brutal ones. 

Leader/ Famous Person: Narmer
]]> 2022-01-11 15:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_piland/dk8bfop1q6qtfmeg/wish/1986320951 Old Kingdom lucy_piland https://padlet.com/lucy_piland/dk8bfop1q6qtfmeg/wish/1986325147 2650-2150 BCE 

Fact One: The king was powerful enough to move quite a lot of his population to Giza to help build the pyramids. 

Fact Two: King Djoser had architects build a stepped monument called the Step Pyramid. 

Leader/ Famous Person: King Djoser
]]> 2022-01-11 15:38:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_piland/dk8bfop1q6qtfmeg/wish/1986325147 Middle Kingdom lucy_piland https://padlet.com/lucy_piland/dk8bfop1q6qtfmeg/wish/1986328911 2040-1640 BCE 

Fact One: Pyramids were smaller and kings had less wealth in their hands in this period of time. 

Fact One: Scribes would copy the stories and instructional writing of this time for thousands of years. 

Leader/ Famous Person: Scribes
]]> 2022-01-11 15:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_piland/dk8bfop1q6qtfmeg/wish/1986328911 New Kingdom lucy_piland https://padlet.com/lucy_piland/dk8bfop1q6qtfmeg/wish/1986332891 1550-1070 BCE 

Fact One: Rulers carved out an empire using foreign allies as “buffer states” to guard against invasion.

Fact Two: One famous pharaoh, Akhnaton, set up a short-lived new religion worshiping a single god called Aten. 

Leader/ Famous Person: Akhnaton

]]> 2022-01-11 15:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_piland/dk8bfop1q6qtfmeg/wish/1986332891 Saite and Late Period lucy_piland https://padlet.com/lucy_piland/dk8bfop1q6qtfmeg/wish/1986337752 712-322 BCE 

Fact One: The Assyrians invaded Egypt but left it for its own devices because of troubles at home. 

Fact Two: The Persians occupied Egypt until Alexander The Great arrived. 

Leader/ Famous Person: Alexander The Great
]]> 2022-01-11 15:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_piland/dk8bfop1q6qtfmeg/wish/1986337752 Greco Roman Period lucy_piland https://padlet.com/lucy_piland/dk8bfop1q6qtfmeg/wish/1986343778 332 BCE- 642 CE

Fact One: Ptolemy gained control of Egypt, establishing a dynasty that lasted 300 years. 

Fact Two: After Cleopatra’s death, Romans seized Egypt and used her people to farm food for their army. 

Leader/ Famous Person: Cleopatra
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