Chronology^[10]

date	the cultural background	the kings	duration
before 8000 BC	Palaeolithic
8000-5200 BC	Epipalaeolithic (Tarifian ; Qarunian - Fayum B - 6000-5000 BC)		3000 years
6000-5000 BC	Nabta Playa		1000 years
5200-4000 BC	Fayum Neolithic (Fayum A)		1200 years
4800-4200 BC	Merimde		600 years
4600-4400 BC	El Omari		200 years
4400-4000 BC	Badarian		400 years
4000-3300 BC	Maadi		700 years
4000-3500 BC		Naqada I	500 years
3500-3200 BC	Egypt in the Naqada Period	Naqada II	300 years
3200-3100 BC		Naqada III	100 years
3100-2686 BC	Egypt in the Early Dynastic	Early Dynastic	400 years
2686-2181 BC	Egypt in the Old Kingdom	Old Kingdom	500 years
2181-2025 BC	Egypt in the First Intermediate Period	First Intermediate Period	150 years
2025-1700 BC	Egypt in the Middle Kingdom	Middle Kingdom	325 years
1700-1550 BC	Egypt in the Second Intermediate Period	Second Intermediate Period	150 years
1550-1069 BC	Egypt in the New Kingdom	New Kingdom	500 years
1069-664 BC	Egypt in the Third Intermediate Period	Third Intermediate Period	400 years
664-525 BC	Egypt in the Late Period	Late Period	139 years
525-404 BC	Egypt in the first Persian Period	First Persian Period	121 years
404-343 BC	Late Dynastic Period in Egypt	Late Dynastic Period	61 years
343-332 BC	Egypt in the second Persian Period	Second Persian Period	11 years
332-305 BC		Macedonian Period	27 years
323-30 BC	Ptolemaic Period	Ptolemaic Period	293 years
30 BC - 640 AD	Egypt in the Roman Period	Roman/Byzantine Period	670 years
640-1517	Egypt in the Islamic Period	Islamic Period	877 years
1517-1805		Ottoman Period	288 years
1805-1919		Khedival Period	114 years
1919-1953		Monarchy	34 years
1953-today		Republic	50+ years

Dates are only certain after 664 BC. The earliest dates are often very unsecure.

Abbreviated Chronology ^[7]

before 3100 BC	Predynastic period
C. 3100-2890 BC	Archaic period 1^st -2^nd dynasties
C 2686-2181 BC	Old Kingdom 3^rd – 6^th dynasties
2181-2040 BC	1^ST Intermediate period 7^th 11^th dynasties
2040-1786 BC	Middle Kingdom End 11^th 12^th dynasties
1786-1550 BC	2^nd Intermediate period 13^th – 17^th dynasties
1550-1085 BC	New Kingdom 18^th-20^th dynasties
1085-712 BC	3^rd Intermediate period 21^st-27^th dynasties
712-404 BC	Ethiopian and Sais Renaissance 25^th-27^th dynasties
404-343 BC	Last Egyptian dynasties 28^th-30^th dynasties
343-332 BC	Second era of Persian rule
322 BC – AD 395	Greco-Roman period

Another great website for the Egyptian Chronolgy:

http://members.tripod.com/~ib205/history.html

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