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The Early Dynastic Period, also known as Archaic Period or the Thinite Period (from Thinis, the hometown of its rulers), [1] is the era of ancient Egypt that immediately follows the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt in c. 3150 BC.
Artifacts of Egypt from the prehistoric period, from 4400 to 3100 BC. First row from top left: a Badarian ivory figurine, a Naqada II jar, a Bat figurine. Second row: a diorite vase, a flint knife, a cosmetic palette.
Sasanian Egypt (one dynasty) (619–629) Coptic period (300 AD – 900 AD) Islamic Egypt. Egypt under four foreign Arabic dynasties that ruled from capitals distant from Egypt. Rashidun Egypt (641–661) Umayyad Egypt (661–750) Abbasid Egypt (750–868 and 905–935) Medieval Egypt. Tulunid dynasty (868–905) Ikhshidid dynasty (935–969)
The history of ancient Egypt spans the period from the early prehistoric settlements of the northern Nile valley to the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BC. The pharaonic period, the period in which Egypt was ruled by a pharaoh, is dated from the 32nd century BC, when Upper and Lower Egypt were unified, until the country fell under Macedonian rule in 332 BC.
Predynastic Period: 6000–3000 BC: Ancient Egypt. Early Dynastic Period: 3150–2686 BC ... Roman and Byzantine Egypt: 30 BC–641 AD: Sasanian Egypt: 619–629 ...
This first period of Persian rule over Egypt, also known as the Twenty-Seventh Dynasty, ended in 402 BC, when Egypt regained independence under a series of native dynasties. The last of these dynasties, the Thirtieth , proved to be the last native royal house of ancient Egypt, ending with the kingship of Nectanebo II .
Some dynasties only ruled part of Egypt and existed concurrently with other dynasties based in other cities. The 7th might not have existed at all, the 10th seems to be a continuation of the 9th , and there might have been one or several Upper Egyptian Dynasties before what is termed the 1st Dynasty .
The First Dynasty of ancient Egypt (Dynasty I) [1] covers the first series of Egyptian kings to rule over a unified Egypt. It immediately follows the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, by Menes, or Narmer, [2] and marks the beginning of the Early Dynastic Period, when power was centered at Thinis.