EGYPTIAN CHRONOLOGY

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5500-3100 B.C.	Predynastic Period
3100 -2663	Early Dynastic or Archaic Period (Dyn. I-II)
2663-2195	Old Kingdom (Dyn. III-VI)
2663-2597	Dynasty III Saqqara King Zoser
2597-2471	Dynasty IV Giza pyramids Kings Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure (Cheops, Chephren, Mycerinus)
2471-2355	Dynasty V
2355-2195	Dynasty VI
2195-2040	First Intermediate Period (Dyn. VII-X)
2040-1650	Middle Kingdom (Dyn. XI-XIII) King Mentuhotep I, Dyn. XI Kings Sesostris I, III; Amenemhet I, III, Dyn. XII
1650-1550	Second Intermediate Period (Dyn. XIV-XVII)
1550-1064	New Kingdom (Dyn. XVIII-XX)
1550-1298 1550-1524 1472-1457 1479-1424 1388-1348 1360-1343 1346-1343 1343-1333	Dynasty XVIII Ahmose Hatshepsut Tuthmosis III (Thutmose) Amenophis III (Amenhotep) Akhenaten Smenkhare Tutankhamun
1298-1187 1279-1212	Dynasty XIX Ramesses II (Ramses)
1187-1064 1185-1153	Dynasty XX Ramesses III
1064-664	Third Intermediate Period (Dyn. XXI-XXV)
664-525	Saite Period (Dyn. XXVI)
525-332	Late Period (Dyn. XXVII-XXXI)
332-30	Hellenistic Period
30 BC-AD 395	Roman Period