Wanderlust World Wanderlust World * 2700 BCE: Construction of the Great Pyramids of Giza.
* 1550 BCE: The New Kingdom begins, marked by the rule of powerful pharaohs such as Thutmose III, Amenhotep III, and Akhenaten.
* 1350 BCE: The Amarna Period, during which Akhenaten introduced monotheism to Egypt.
* 1292 BCE: The reign of Ramses II, one of the most famous pharaohs of Egypt.
* 332 BCE: Egypt is conquered by Alexander the Great.
* 30 BCE: Egypt becomes a province of the Roman Empire.
* 395 CE: Egypt becomes part of the Byzantine Empire.
* 641 CE: Egypt is conquered by the Arabs.
* 1250 CE: The Mamluk Sultanate is established in Egypt.
* 1517 CE: Egypt is conquered by the Ottoman Empire.
* 1798 CE: Napoleon Bonaparte invades Egypt.
* 1882 CE: Egypt is occupied by the British.
* 1914 CE: World War I begins, and Egypt becomes a battlefield between the British and the Ottoman Empire.
* 1922 CE: Egypt gains nominal independence from Britain.
* 1952 CE: A military coup overthrows the Egyptian monarchy, and the Republic of Egypt is established.
* 1956 CE: The Suez Crisis, in which Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal and is invaded by Britain, France, and Israel.
* 1967 CE: The Six-Day War, in which Egypt loses the Sinai Peninsula to Israel.
* 1973 CE: The Yom Kippur War, in which Egypt and Syria launch a surprise attack on Israel.
* 1979 CE: Egypt signs the Camp David Accords with Israel, becoming the first Arab country to do so.
* 2011 CE: The Egyptian Revolution, in which President Hosni Mubarak is overthrown.
* 2013 CE: The Egyptian military overthrows President Mohamed Morsi.
* 2014 CE: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is elected President of Egypt.