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This scholarly consensus is known as the Conventional Egyptian chronology, which places the beginning of the Old Kingdom in the 27th century BC, the beginning of the Middle Kingdom in the 21st century BC and the beginning of the New Kingdom in the mid-16th century BC.
In ancient Egyptian history, the Old Kingdom is the period spanning c. 2700 –2200 BC. It is also known as the "Age of the Pyramids" or the "Age of the Pyramid Builders", as it encompasses the reigns of the great pyramid-builders of the Fourth Dynasty, such as King Sneferu, under whom the art of pyramid-building was perfected, and the kings Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, who commissioned the ...
History of Egypt; Prehistoric Egypt. ... 6000–3000 BC: Ancient Egypt. Early Dynastic Period: 3150–2686 BC: Old Kingdom: 2686–2181 BC: ... Timeline of Egypt ...
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".
This means the Egyptian Chronology actually comprises three floating chronologies. The chronologies of Mesopotamia, the Levant and Anatolia depend significantly on the chronology of Ancient Egypt. To the extent that there are problems in the Egyptian chronology, these issues will be inherited in chronologies based on synchronisms with Ancient ...
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.
The Second Dynasty of Egypt; Old Kingdom of Egypt – The name given to the period in the 3rd millennium BCE when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization in complexity and achievement – the first of three so-called "Kingdom" periods, which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile Valley. This time period includes:
Old Kingdom: 2686–2181 BC: 1st Intermediate Period: 2181–2055 BC: Middle Kingdom: 2055–1650 BC: 2nd Intermediate Period: 1650–1550 BC: New Kingdom: 1550–1069 BC: 3rd Intermediate Period: 1069–664 BC: Late Period: 664–332 BC