This chronology terminates with the ending of the Late Bronze Age around 1150 BCE, in keeping with the emphasis on this period in Volume 2.
Dates proposed by Bernal
All dates are BCE |
Aegean / Near East
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Egypt
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Egyptian Dynasty
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Egyptian Ruler (based on
Hawass; does not match with Bernal's
dating)
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Events based on Bernal (1991);
Hawass
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3400-3000 BCE
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Early Dynastic Period
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Dynasties 1 & 2
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Narmer
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Unification of Egypt, capital at Abydos
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Aha
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3000
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Old Kingdom
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Dynasty 3:
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Zoser
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Capital at Memphis, Saqqara pyramid
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Huni
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2920
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Old Kingdom
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Dynasty 4:
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Snoferu
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Centralization of state at Giza; Step pyramids
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Khufu
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Khafre
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Menkaura
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Shepseskaf
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Queen Khentikaus
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2800
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Dynasty 5:
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Userkaf
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Pyramids and Sun Temples, Saqqara
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Sahure
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Neferirkara
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Unas
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2630
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Dynasty 6:
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Teti
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Pyramids at Saqqara
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Pepi I
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Pepi II
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Queen Nitokerty
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2470-2140
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First Intermediate Period
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Dynasties 7 - 10
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Period of local rule, breakdown of centralization
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2140
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Middle Kingdom
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Dynasty II
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Montuhotep II
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Thebes is new capital
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1970
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Dynasty 12
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Amenemhe / Amenemhat I
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Expansion of state
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1930-1920
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Egyptian invasion of Asia Minor
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Sesostris /Senwosret I
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Campaigns of conquest into Nubia, Asia Minor
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1900
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Egyptian conquest of Troy?
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Amenemhe /Amenemhat II
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Sesostris /Senwosret II
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Sesostris /Senwosret III
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Amenenmhe / Amenemhat III
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Amenemhe / Amenemhat IV
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Queen Sobekneferu
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1801
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Dynasty 13
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Chaos in Egypt (Bernal Vol. 2, 323)
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1750
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2nd Intermediate Period
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Dynasty 14
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1730
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Thebes in Greece founded;
Hyksos invasion of Crete
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Dynasty 15 and 16
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Hyksos invasion of Egypt; the
legendary role of Kadmos and Phoenician settlement of Thebes in Greece
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Dynasty 17
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Sekenenre Tao I
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1628
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Thera Volcanic Eruption
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total destruction of island; devastation on eastern half of Crete
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Sekenenre Tao II
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Kamose
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1567
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New Kingdom
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Dynasty I8
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Ahmose
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Reunification, Capital relocated at Thebes
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Amenhotep I
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Tuthmosis I
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Tuthmosis II
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Tuthmosis III
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Queen Hatshepsut
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Amenhotep III
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Akhenaten
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Tutankhamun
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Ay
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Horemheb,
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1320
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Dynasty 19
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Rameses I
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Seti I
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Rameses II
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Merneptah
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1230-1225
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Fall of Thebes in Greece
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Siptah
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1210
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Fall of City of Troy
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Queen Twosret
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1200
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Dynasty 20
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Setnakht
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Civil strife
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1150
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Fall of Mycenae
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Rameses III - XI
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Sea Peoples Invasions
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1159 BCE
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Hekla Volcanic Eruption in Iceland
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