The earliest civilization in the Nile Valley
developed forty centuries before the birth of
Christ.
3400 B.C. The Old Egyptian Empire is
founded. Memphis is the capital.
2800--2700 B.C. The Pyramids are built.
2000 B.C. The Old Empire is destroyed by
the Arab shepherds, called the "Hyksos."
1800 B.C. Thebes delivers Egypt from the
Hyksos and becomes the center
of the New Egyptian Empire.
1350 B.C. King Rameses conquers Eastern Asia.
1300 B.C. The Jews leave Egypt.
1000 B.C. Egypt begins to decline.