Saturday, June 26, 2021

Basic timeline of modern Egypt


This post is a basic timeline of modern Egypt. There are 23 events listed below chronology. Source: Wikipedia

  • Alexander the Great and Macedonia conquer Egypt (332 BC)
  • Ptolemaic Kingdom (305 - 30 BC)
  • Roman Egypt (30 BC - 641 AD)
  • Sasanian Egypt (618 - 628 AD)
  • Muslim conquest of Egypt (639 - 646 AD)
  • Tulunids (868 - 905 AD)
  • Fatimid Caliphate (909 - 1171 AD)
  • Ikhshidid dynasty (935 - 969 AD)
  • Ayyubid dynasty (1170-1260)
  • Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517)
  • Ottoman Empire occupation (1517-1867)
  • Suez Canal construction (1859-1869)
  • Khedivate of Egypt (1867-1914)
  • Anglo-Egyptian War (1882)
  • Britain occupies Egypt (1882-1956)
  • Egyptian Revolution (1952)
  • Republic of Egypt (1953)
  • Britain withdraws from Suez Canal (1956)
  • Six Day War (1967)
  • Hosni Mubarak is President (1981-2011)
  • Egypt-Israel peace treaty (1979-1980)
  • Egyptian Revolution of 2011
  • Attempted coup d'état (2013)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Egypt at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Egypt.)