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3100 BC Upper and Lower Egypt united ( Kingdom of Egypt ) ruled by
Pharaohs.
1630 BC Northern Egypt under "Hyksos" rule to 1520 BC.
670 BC Part of the Assyrian Empire to 612 BC.
520 BC Part of the Persian Empire to 404 BC.
343 BC Part of the Persian Empire to 332 BC.
332 BC Conquered by Macedonia under Alexander "the Great".
323 BC Ptolemic dynasty begins rule.
30 BC Part of the Roman Empire.
395 AD Part of the Byzantine Empire.
641 Arab Muslim conquest.
1250 Mameluke Sultanate.
1517 Egypt a province of the Ottoman Empire.
1768 De facto Mameluke Beylicate to 1804 ( under Ottoman suzerainty
).
1798 French occupation to 1801.
1798 Beginning of conquest of Upper Egypt.
1799 French Egypt is divided in provinces headed by a French
military governor.
1800 Upper Egypt is ceded to the Mameluke Murad Bey ( officially
under french suzerainty ).
1801 British occupation to 1803.
1805 Muhammad `Ali dynasty informally inaugurated.
1821 Annexation of the Sudan to 1885.
1831 Egypt annexes Syria and Palestine to 1840.
1867 Khediviate of Egypt ( under Ottoman suzerainty ).
1882 Britain administers the Suez Canal to 1956.
1882 Occupied by Britain ( formally still under Ottoman suzerainty
).
1882 British protectorate to 1936.
1906 Sinai peninsula transferred to Egypt by Ottoman Empire.
1914 Egyptian Sultanate ( under British protection ).
1922 End of British protectorate.
1922 Egyptian Kingdom
1953 Republic of Egypt
1956 Sinai peninsula and Gaza Strip occupied by Israel to 1957.
1958 United Arab Republic ( united with Syria to 1961 ).
1958 Part of United Arab States federation with Yemen ( Sana ) to
1961.
1963 Proposed Arab Socialist Union with Egypt, Iraq and Syria. ( The
agreement was not carried out )
1967 Sinai peninsula occupied by Israel to 1982.
1971 Arab Republic of Egypt
1972 Federation of Arab Republics to 1977. ( Egypt, Libya and Syria
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