36 events with tag "Egypt"
3000 BC
ID: 5406
Egyptian wine production begins - tomb paintings show grape cultivation, wine jars labeled with vintage year and vineyard
ID: 5406
2500 BC
ID: 5336
Nubian gold mines established - Eastern Desert mines supply Egyptian wealth, inscriptions describe waterless 12-day journeys
ID: 5336
2000 BC
ID: 5732
Cinnamon from Ceylon used in Egyptian embalming - spices worth more than gold, 3000-mile trade route already established
ID: 5732
1500 BC
ID: 5337
Peak of Nubian gold production - thousands die in Eastern Desert mines, gold funds Egyptian empire and monumental architecture
ID: 5337
1391 BC
ID: 3650
Amenhotep III becomes pharaoh - Egypt reaches zenith of artistic and international power
ID: 3650
1207 BC
ID: 3634
First Sea Peoples invasion of Egypt - Merneptah defeats coalition of Libyans with Sherden, Shekelesh, Lukka, Teresh, Ekwesh
ID: 3634
1180 BC
ID: 5793
Ramesses III records Sea Peoples confederation - Peleset (Philistines), Tjeker, Shekelesh, Denyen, Weshesh attack Egypt by land and sea
ID: 5793
1177 BC
ID: 3639
Battle of the Delta - Ramesses III defeats Sea Peoples naval invasion, Peleset, Tjeker, Shekelesh, Denyen, Weshesh repelled
ID: 3639
925 BC
ID: 2753
Shishak of Egypt invades - raids Jerusalem, Rehoboam pays tribute from Temple treasures (confirmed by Karnak inscription)
ID: 2753
925 BC
ID: 2798
Shoshenq I campaigns in Canaan - Egyptian records at Karnak list conquered cities, confirms biblical Shishak
ID: 2798
747 BC
ID: 3684
Piye conquers Egypt - Kushite king reunites Egypt, establishes 25th Dynasty 'Black Pharaohs'
ID: 3684
705 BC
ID: 3686
Shabaka restores Egypt - repairs temples, copies ancient texts including Memphite Theology
ID: 3686
671 BC
ID: 3621
Esarhaddon conquers Egypt - Assyrian Empire reaches maximum extent
ID: 3621
671 BC
ID: 3688
Assyrians invade Egypt - Esarhaddon defeats Taharqa, Kushites retreat but maintain Nubia
ID: 3688
663 BC
ID: 4641
Ashurbanipal sacks Thebes in Egypt - furthest extent of Assyrian power
ID: 4641
656 BC
ID: 3689
Kushites expelled from Egypt - 25th Dynasty ends, Kush continues independently in Nubia
ID: 3689
609 BC
ID: 2766
Death of Josiah at Megiddo - killed trying to stop Pharaoh Neco II, end of religious reform
ID: 2766
605 BC
ID: 2767
Battle of Carchemish - Nebuchadnezzar defeats Egypt, Babylon becomes dominant power (Babylonian Chronicle confirms)
ID: 2767
605 BC
ID: 4647
Battle of Carchemish - Nebuchadnezzar defeats remnant Assyrian-Egyptian forces, Babylon supreme
ID: 4647
589 BC
ID: 2772
Zedekiah rebels against Babylon - makes alliance with Egypt, Nebuchadnezzar responds with massive invasion
ID: 2772
586 BC
ID: 2776
Gedaliah assassinated - Babylonian-appointed governor killed, remaining Jews flee to Egypt taking Jeremiah
ID: 2776
525 BC
ID: 3627
Cambyses conquers Egypt - Persian Empire spans three continents
ID: 3627
495 BC
ID: 2807
Elephantine Jewish colony flourishing - papyri show Jewish military colony in Egypt with their own temple
ID: 2807
332 BC
ID: 292
Alexander conquers Egypt - founded Alexandria, visits oracle at Siwa, declared son of Zeus-Ammon
ID: 292
48 BC
ID: 2701
September 48 BC
Murder of Pompey - killed on Egyptian beach by Ptolemy XIII trying to please Caesar, Caesar weeps at sight of head
ID: 2701
47 BC
ID: 2702
Caesar and Cleopatra - installs her as queen of Egypt, has son Caesarion, legend of carpet delivery
ID: 2702
31 BC
ID: 2739
Egypt becomes Augustus's personal province - not senatorial, provides vast wealth, prefect not proconsul governs
ID: 2739
115
ID: 4824
Kitos War (Diaspora Revolt) - Jewish rebellions in Cyprus, Cyrenaica, Egypt, Mesopotamia against Rome, massive casualties
ID: 4824
270
ID: 3773
St. Anthony the Great goes to Egyptian desert - first Christian hermit, begins desert monasticism at age 20
ID: 3773
320
ID: 3776
St. Pachomius founds first cenobitic monastery at Tabennisi - creates communal monasticism with written rule
ID: 3776
330
ID: 3778
St. Macarius the Great goes to Scetis desert - establishes major monastic center in Egyptian wilderness
ID: 3778
619
ID: 4690
Persians conquer Egypt - Sassanid Empire reaches greatest extent since Achaemenids
ID: 4690
1250
ID: 5217
April 1250
Louis IX captured at Mansourah - entire army destroyed, king ransomed for huge sum, stays in Holy Land 4 years
ID: 5217
1517
ID: 5767
Ottomans conquer Egypt - take over Mamluk spice monopoly, but Portuguese Cape route already destroying traditional trade
ID: 5767
1798
ID: 665
Napoleon Egyptian Campaign begins; French occupy Papal States, Pope Pius VI taken prisoner
ID: 665
1929
ID: 5074
Coptic Manichaean codices discovered in Medinet Madi, Egypt - includes Kephalaia, Psalm-Book, and Homilies, revolutionizes understanding
ID: 5074