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The graphical timeline shows the historical periods of ancient Egypt; see Dynasties of ancient Egypt for details and sources. Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox ( edit | diff ) and testcases ( create ) pages.
Forming the backbone of Egyptian chronology are the regnal years as recorded in Ancient Egyptian king lists. Surviving king lists are either comprehensive but have significant gaps in their text (for example, the Turin King List ), or are textually complete but fail to provide a complete list of rulers (for example, the Abydos King List and the ...
Template documentation The Graphical timeline shows the historical periods of Ancient Egypt; see Dynasties of Ancient Egypt for details and sources. Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox ( edit | diff ) and testcases ( create ) pages.
Template: History of Egypt. 36 languages. ... Ancient Egypt. Early Dynastic Period: 3150–2686 BC: Old Kingdom: 2686–2181 BC: 1st Intermediate Period: 2181–2055 BC:
In ancient Egyptian history, dynasties are series of rulers sharing a common origin. They are usually, but not always, traditionally divided into 33 pharaonic dynasties; these dynasties are commonly grouped by modern scholars into "kingdoms" and "intermediate periods".
The history of ancient Egypt spans the period from the early prehistoric settlements of the northern Nile valley to the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BC. The pharaonic period, the period in which Egypt was ruled by a pharaoh, is dated from the 32nd century BC, when Upper and Lower Egypt were unified, until the country fell under Macedonian rule in 332 BC.
The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...
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