Chronology of the Middle to Late Bronze Age

The following chronology is a compilation of dating taken from Bernal (1991) and Zahi Hawass' form of a chronology for Egyptian dynastic history.  I have discarded Hawass' dating and adapted a general listing of the rulers in Egypt within Bernal's scheme in Vol. 2 of his Black Athena.  


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
Egypt
Egyptian Dynasty
Egyptian Ruler (based on Hawass;  does not match with Bernal's dating)
Events based on Bernal (1991); Hawass
3400-3000 BCE
 
Early Dynastic Period
Dynasties 1 & 2
Narmer
Unification of Egypt, capital at Abydos
Aha
3000
Old Kingdom
Dynasty 3:
Zoser
Capital at Memphis, Saqqara pyramid
Huni
2920
Old Kingdom
Dynasty 4:
Snoferu
Centralization of state at Giza; Step pyramids

Khufu

Khafre

Menkaura

Shepseskaf

Queen Khentikaus
2800

Dynasty 5:
Userkaf
Pyramids and Sun Temples, Saqqara

Sahure

Neferirkara

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Unas
2630

Dynasty 6:
Teti
Pyramids at Saqqara

Pepi I

Pepi II

Queen Nitokerty
2470-2140
First Intermediate Period
Dynasties 7 - 10
Period of local rule, breakdown of centralization
2140
Middle Kingdom
Dynasty II
Montuhotep II
Thebes is new capital
1970

Dynasty 12
Amenemhe / Amenemhat I
Expansion of state
1930-1920
Egyptian invasion of Asia Minor

Sesostris /Senwosret I
Campaigns of conquest into Nubia, Asia Minor
1900
Egyptian conquest of Troy?

Amenemhe /Amenemhat II

Sesostris /Senwosret II

Sesostris /Senwosret III

Amenenmhe / Amenemhat III

Amenemhe / Amenemhat IV

Queen Sobekneferu
1801

Dynasty 13
Chaos in Egypt (Bernal Vol. 2, 323)
1750
2nd Intermediate Period
Dynasty 14

1730
Thebes in Greece founded;  Hyksos invasion of Crete
Dynasty 15 and 16
Hyksos invasion of Egypt;  the legendary role of Kadmos and Phoenician settlement of Thebes in Greece

Dynasty 17
Sekenenre Tao I

1628
Thera Volcanic Eruption
total destruction of island; devastation on eastern half of Crete

Sekenenre Tao II

Kamose
1567
New Kingdom
Dynasty I8
Ahmose
Reunification, Capital relocated at Thebes

Amenhotep I

Tuthmosis I

Tuthmosis II

Tuthmosis III

Queen Hatshepsut 

Amenhotep III

Akhenaten

Tutankhamun


Ay

Horemheb,
1320

Dynasty 19
Rameses I

Seti I

Rameses II

Merneptah

1230-1225
Fall of Thebes in Greece

Siptah
1210
Fall of City of Troy

Queen Twosret
1200

Dynasty 20
Setnakht
Civil strife

1150
Fall of Mycenae

Rameses III - XI
Sea Peoples Invasions
1159  BCE
Hekla Volcanic Eruption in Iceland