17,000 BC - Hunter gatherers settle in the Nile River Valley
3200 BC - City States start 2 kingdoms
21050 BC - New Dynasty defeated by Sea People
1472 BC - Hatshepsut becomes pharaoh
31279 BC - Ramses II becomes pharaoh
3300 BC - earliest known hieroglyphics
41570 BC - Hyksos are defeated by Ahmose
1550 BC - New Kingdom Begins (18th Dynasty)
52050 BC - Middle Kingdom begins
1750 BC - Middle Kingdom ends, defeated by the Hyksos
62500 BC - Sphinx and Great Pyramids at Giza are completed
1600 BC - Chariots are first used in Egypt
72520 BC - Khufu becomes pharaoh
2055 BC - Mentohotep II defeats other rivals
82700 BC - Old Kingdom begins (3rd Dynasty)
2200 BC - Old Kingdom ends
92700 BC - Papyrus is first used
2600 BC - 1st pyramid is completed
103100 BC - Menes unites both kingdoms and becomes the 1st pharoah
2900 BC - 1st dynasty ends