Date
|
Culture
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Duration
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11 000 BC
|
Jebel Sahaba
|
|
Before 8 000 BC - Palaeolithic
in Europe and Northern Asia
|
8 000 BC - Nominal
end of the Ice Age
|
8 600 - 4 400 BC
|
Nabta Playa Neolithic
|
4 200 years
|
6 100 - 5 180 BC
|
Qarunian (formerly
known as Fayum B)
|
920 years
|
5 200 - 4 200 BC
|
Fayum A
|
1 000 years
|
4 800 - 4 200 BC
|
Merimde
|
600 years
|
4 600 - 4 400 BC
|
El Omari
|
200 years
|
4 400 - 4 000 BC
|
Badarian
|
400 years
|
4 000 - 3 300 BC
|
Maadi
|
700 years
|
4 000 - 3 500 BC
|
Naqada I
|
500 years
|
3 500 - 3 200 BC
|
Naqada II
|
300 years
|
3 200 - 3 100 BC
|
Naqada III
|
100 years
|
3 100 - 2 670 BC
|
Early Dynastic
|
586 years
|
2 670 - 2 181 BC
|
Old Kingdom
|
505 years
|
2 181 - 2 025 BC
|
First Intermediate Period
|
156 years
|
2 025 - 1 700 BC
|
Middle Kingdom
|
325 years
|
1 700 - 1 550 BC
|
Second Intermediate Period
|
150 years
|
1 550 - 1 077 BB
|
New Kingdom
|
473 years
|
1 077 - 664 BC
|
Third Intermediate Period
|
413 years
|
664 - 525 BC
|
Late Period
|
139 years
|
525 - 404 BC
|
First Persian Period
|
121 years
|
404 - 343 BC
|
Late Dynastic Period
|
61 years
|
343 - 332 BC
|
Second Persian Period
|
11 years
|
332 - 305 BC
|
Macedonian Period
|
27 years
|
305 - 30 BC
|
Ptolemaic Period
|
275 years
|
30 BC - 395 AD
|
Roman Period
|
425 years
|
395 AD - 640 AD
|
Byzantine Period
|
245 years
|
640 AD - 1517 AD
|
Islamic Period
|
877 years
|
1517 AD - 1867 AD
|
Ottoman Period
(French Occupation 1798-1801)
|
350 years
|
1867 AD - 1914 AD
|
Khedival Period
|
47 years
|
1914 AD - 1922 AD
|
Sultanate under Hussein Kamel,
as a British Protectorate
|
8 years
|
1922 AD - 1953 AD
|
Monarchy
|
31 years
|
1953 AD - Present Day
|
Republic
|
|