History of Egypt

History of Egypt Ancient History - Modern Egypt From Pleistocene to Roman Egypt During the Pleistocene age , there were nomadic hunter-gatherers living along the Nile River

The world 's first state was created in Egypt around 3500 BC . Around 3200 BC , Pharaoh Menes is believed to have created the Ancient Empire of Egypt by uniting the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt

The last Pharaoh of the Ancient Empire was defeated by the Persians in 525 BC . Egypt was subsequently joined with Phoenicia and Cyprus

Egypt was handed over to Alexander the Great in 332

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After Alexander 's death , Ptolemy I Soter became the new Pharaoh of Egypt , thus founding the Ptolemic Kingdom

Egypt was conquered by the Romans in 30 BC , as Octavian defeated Queen Cleopatra VII , the last Greek queen of the Ptolemic Kingdom

Arab Egypt to Modern Egypt Egypt was conquered by Muslims in 639 AD . The conquerors belonged to the Ummayyid Dynasty of Damascus

In 1517 AD , the Turkish Ottoman Empire of the Muslims conquered Egypt

The Mamlukes ruled Egypt when the power of the Ottomans had waned

Egypt was conquered by the French in the year 1798 AD

The Albanian , Muhammad Ali , expelled the French in 1803 AD

In 1882 , Egypt became a British colony

In 1922 , Egypt was granted independence

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