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History of Egypt

The information on Egyptian history is taken from a number of sources, including Sir Alan Gardiner's Egypt of the Pharaohs. Many sources are used so as to reflect a wide variety of theories and ideas about Egypt's history, particularly its early days.
 
..Lower Paleolithic (c. 2 Million - 100000 BC) ..24th Dynasty (725 - 715 BC)
..Middle Paleolithic (100000 - 30000 BC ..25th Dynasty (712 - 657 BC)
..Upper Paleolithic (30000 - 10000 BC) ..26th Dynasty (664 - 525 BC)
..Epipaleolithic Era (10000 - c. 5500 BC) ..27th Dynasty (525 - 404 BC)
..Predynastic Period(5500 - 3100 BC) ..28th Dynasty (404 - 399 BC)
..1st Dynasty (2920 - 2770 BC) ..29th Dynasty (399 - 380 BC)
..2nd Dynasty (2770 - 2650 BC) ..30th Dynasty (380 - 343 BC)
..3rd Dynasty (2650 - 2575 BC) ..31st Dynasty (343 - 332 BC)
..4th Dynasty (2575 - 2467 BC) ..Ptolemaic Dynasty
..5th Dynasty (2465 - 2323 BC) ..Roman Period
..6th Dynasty (2323 - 2152 BC) ..Byzantine Period
..First Intermediate Period (7th - 11th    
  
 Dynasties) (2150 -1986 BC)
..Abbasid Period
..11th Dynasty (1986 - 1937 BC) ..Fatimid Period
..12th Dynasty (1937 - 1759 BC) ..Ayyubid Period
..Second Intermediate Period (13th - 17th     Dynasties) (1759 - 1539 BC) ..Mameluke Period
..18th Dynasty (1539 - 1295 BC) ..Bahri Mameluke Period
..19th Dynasty (1295 - 1186 BC) ..Burgi Mameluke Period
..20th Dynasty (1186 - 1069 BC) ..Ottoman Turk Period
..21th Dynasty (1070 - 945 BC) ..French Occupation Period
..22th Dynasty (945 - 712 BC) ..British Occupation Period
..23th Dynasty (828 - 725 BC)