Egyptian Chronology
Chronology of Egyptian Periods, with particular reference to the building of Kahun and it's subsequent occupation periods.
| 4800 - 3050 BC | Predynastic Period | Egypt was disunited. |
| 3050 — 2705 BC | Archaic Period | This is the earliest aspect of Dynastic Egypt, when the land was first united under one Pharaoh. |
| 2705 — 2213 BC | Old Kingdom | Pharaoh's of a united Egypt were buried in a pyramid complex, giving rise to the term the 'Pyramid Age' for this magnificent time. One of the most well known Pharaohs was Cheops. |
| 2213 — 1991 BC | First Intermediate Period | Egypt was disunited again. |
| 1991 — 1668 BC | Middle Kingdom | The Middle Kingdom is divided into three Dynasties. |
| c.2025 — 1985 BC | Eleventh Dynasty | The Eleventh Dynasty is divided into pre-unification and post-unification periods. |
| c.1985 - 1795 BC | Twelfth Dynasty | |
| 1985 — 1955 | Amenemhat I | |
| 1965 — 1920 | Senwosret I | |
| 1922 — 1878 | Amenemhet II | |
| 1880 — 1874 | Senwosret II | Founding of Kahun town and building of Illahun pyramid |
| 1874 - 1855 | Senwosret III | |
| 1855 — 1808 | Amenemhat III | |
| 1814 — 1799 | Amenmhat IV | |
| 1799 — 1795 | Sobekneferu | |
| c.1795-1700 BC | Thirteenth Dynasty | Kahun abandoned by the early Thirteenth Dynasty after approximately 100 years' occupation |
| 1668 — 1570 BC | Second Intermediate Period Fourteenth — Seventeenth Dynasties |
Egypt was disunited again |
| 1570 — 1070 BC | New Kingdom Eighteenth — Twentieth Dynasties |
This is the time when Pharaoh's such as Tutankhamun and 'Ramesses the Great' were buried in the Valley of the Kings. |
| 1069 — 715 BC | Third Intermediate Period Twenty-First - Twenty-Fourth Dynasties |
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| 715 — 332 BC | Late Period | |
| 715 — 656 BC | Twenty-Fifth Dynasty | |
| 664 — 525 BC | Twenty-Sixth Dynasty (Saite Period ) | |
| 525 — 404 BC | Twenty-Seventh Dynasty (Persian Period) | |
| 404 — 342 BC | Twenty-Eighth — Thirtieth Dynasties | |
| 342 — 332 BC | Thirty-First Dynasty (Second Persian Period) | |
| 332 BC — AD 395 | Greek and Roman Period (Graeco-Roman) | |
| 332 — 30 BC | The Ptolemies | Alexander the Great; Cleopatra VII |
| 30 BC — AD 395 | Roman Period | Kahun re-occupied for a short while during this period. Tombs appear in Acropolis Mansion |