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// Ancient Egypt
#bc
// pre-1000
#p <nat>Egyptian<o>queen<n>Hatshepsut<ac>1501(1)<d>1481(1)<c>Memphis
#p <nat>Egyptian<o>pharaoh<n>Amenhotep III<ac>1411<d>1375<c>Memphis
#p <nat>Egyptian<o>pharaoh<n>Rameses II<ac>1292<d>1225<c>Memphis
#e <t>use<n>a 365-day calendar<c>Egypt<d>2500
#e <t>use<n>glass<c>Egypt<d>2000
#e <t>use<n>irrigation systems<c>Egypt<d>2000
#e <t>use<d>2000<c>Egypt<n>quadratic equations
#e <t>use<n>metal mirrors<c>Egypt<d>1900
#e <t>battle<n>Egypt invaded by Hyksos people<d>1675(25)<c>Egypt
#e <t>battle<n>Egyptians defeat Hyksos rulers<d>1550(10)<c>Egypt
#e <t>invent<n>chariots with two 4-spoked wheels<info>This design replaced chariots with four solid wheels<d>1500(50)<c>Egypt
#e <t>invent<n>chariots with 6 or 8 spokes per wheel<d>1400(50)<c>Egypt
// 1000 - 500 B.C.
#p <nat>Egyptian<o>pharaoh<n>Neco<ac>610<d>595<c>Memphis
#p <nat>Egyptian<o>pharaoh<n>Hophra<ac>589<d>570<c>Memphis
#e <t>battle<n>Pharaoh Neco II defeats Judea<d>609<c>Megiddo<vic>Egypt<info>Josiah killed<ref>2 Chron 35:20-24
#e <t>battle<n>Egypt defeats Babylonians<d>601 // where?
#e <t>constr<n>attempts to build Suez canal<c>Egypt<d>600
// 500 B.C. on
#p <nat>Egyptian<o>king<o>general<n>Ptolemy I<b>367(1)<ac>305<d>285<aka>Ptolemy Soter<c>Alexandria
<info>Ptolemy was one of Alexander's generals, and began Egypt's Macedonian dynasty.
#p <nat>Egyptian<o>king<n>Ptolemy II<b>309<ac>285<d>246<aka>Ptolemy Philadelphus<c>Alexandria
#p <nat>Egyptian<o>king<n>Ptolemy III<b>282(1)<ac>246<d>221<aka>Ptolemy Euergetes<c>Alexandria
#p <nat>Egyptian<o>queen<n>Cleopatra<b>69<ac>51<ab>49<d>30<c>Alexandria
#e <t>use<n>lathes<c>Egypt<d>300
#e <t>use<n>lighthouses<c>Alexandria<d>275