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  1. //  Ancient Egypt
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  3. #bc
  4.  
  5. //  pre-1000
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  7. #p <nat>Egyptian<o>queen<n>Hatshepsut<ac>1501(1)<d>1481(1)<c>Memphis
  8. #p <nat>Egyptian<o>pharaoh<n>Amenhotep III<ac>1411<d>1375<c>Memphis
  9. #p <nat>Egyptian<o>pharaoh<n>Akhenaton<ac>1353<d>1336<c>Memphis<info>Akhenaton established a state cult based on worship of a sun god, Aton.  His name was purged from all lists of rulers when the priests of Amon retook power.
  10. #p <nat>Egyptian<o>pharaoh<n>Rameses II<ac>1279<d>1213<c>Memphis<info>Rameses II is traditionally the pharaoh of Exodus.
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  12. #e <t>use<n>a 365-day calendar<c>Egypt<d>2500
  13. #e <t>use<n>glass<c>Egypt<d>2000
  14. #e <t>use<n>irrigation systems<c>Egypt<d>2000
  15. #e <t>use<d>2000<c>Egypt<n>quadratic equations
  16. #e <t>use<n>metal mirrors<c>Egypt<d>1900
  17. #e <t>battle<n>Egypt invaded by Hyksos people<d>1675(25)<c>Egypt
  18. #e <n>Egypt ruled by Hyksos people<d>1630<e>1521<c>Egypt<info>The Hyksos were a Semitic people from western Asia.
  19. #e <t>battle<n>Egyptians defeat Hyksos rulers<d>1550(10)<c>Egypt
  20. #e <t>invent<n>chariots with two 4-spoked wheels<info>This design replaced chariots with four solid wheels<d>1500(50)<c>Egypt
  21. #e <t>invent<n>chariots with 6 or 8 spokes per wheel<d>1400(50)<c>Egypt
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  23.  
  24. //  1000 - 500 B.C.
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  26. #p <nat>Egyptian<o>pharaoh<n>Neco<ac>610<d>595<c>Memphis
  27. #p <nat>Egyptian<o>pharaoh<n>Hophra<ac>589<d>570<c>Memphis
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  29. #e <t>battle<n>Pharaoh Neco II defeats Judea<d>609<c>Megiddo<vic>Egypt<info>Josiah killed<ref>2 Chron 35:20-24
  30. #e <t>battle<n>Egypt defeats Babylonians<d>601  //  where?
  31. #e <t>constr<n>attempts to build Suez canal<c>Egypt<d>600
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  33.  
  34. //  500 B.C. on
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  36. #p <nat>Egyptian<o>king<o>general<n>Ptolemy I<b>367(1)<ac>305<d>285<aka>Ptolemy Soter<c>Alexandria
  37. <info>Ptolemy was one of Alexander's generals.  He began Egypt's Macedonian dynasty.
  38. #p <nat>Egyptian<o>king<n>Ptolemy II<b>309<ac>285<d>246<aka>Ptolemy Philadelphus<c>Alexandria
  39. #p <nat>Egyptian<o>king<n>Ptolemy III<b>282(1)<ac>246<d>221<aka>Ptolemy Euergetes<c>Alexandria
  40. #p <nat>Egyptian<o>queen<n>Cleopatra<b>69<ac>51<ab>49<d>30<c>Alexandria
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  42. #e <t>use<n>lathes<c>Egypt<d>300
  43. #e <t>use<n>lighthouses<c>Alexandria<d>275
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