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Greek and Roman Egypt
332 BC-395 AD

• Cleopatra VII reigned (51-30 BC)
• Alexander the Great conquered Egypt
• The Romans took over Egypt after Cleopatra's death (30 BC).
• The Rosetta Stone was carved (196 BC)

Late Period
715-332 BC

3rd Intermediate Period
1075-715 BC

332 BC-395 AD

• The Romans invaded Britain (43 AD)

• Celtic people arrived in Britain from Europe (500 BC).

• The Iron Age began (750 BC)

Maiden Castle Hill fort
built c 300 BC

New Kingdom
1539-1075 BC

• Pyramids were replaced by elaborate tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
• Tutankhamun ruled during some of this period
• Ramesses II ruled for 67 years

2nd Intermediate Period
1630- 1520 BC

1539-1075 BC

• The chinese developed a system of writing.
• People started living in small villages.

Middle Kingdom
c. 2000 - c. 1650 BC

• Pyramid building declined and stopped.
• Orisis became the most important god, especially for ordinary people.

1st Intermediate Period
2125-1975 BC

c. 2000 - c. 1650 BC

• Bronze Age
• In Europe, skilled workers began making weapons from Bronze.
• Stonehenge completed

Old Kingdom
c.2600 -2100 BC

• The Spinx was built.
• Egyptians began building pyramids
• The Great pyramid was built.
• Egyptians began experimenting with mummification.

c.2600 -2100 BC

• The first cities grew up in the Indus Valley.
• Metal working in copper began.

Early Egypt
c.3100 - c.2600 BC

• Upper and Lower Egypt were united as one country under the first pharoah Menes
• Earliest known hieroglyphic writing .
• Walled towns and villages were built.

c.3100 - c.2600 BC

• In Mesopotamia the first vehicles with wheels appeared.
• The first stone circles (henges) were built.

Pre-dynastic Eqypt
c.5500 - c.3100 BC

• Upper and Lower Egypt were two separate lands

c.5500 - c.3100 BC

• The first evidence of farming.
• Stone axes, antler combs and pottery in common use.