Name ______________________________________        Ancient Egyptian Timeline                

Using a Timeline-1

Draw a line from each event to the correct place on the timeline as we learn about them in class.

Early Egyptians began to live near the Nile River

5000 BCE

Paper was invented using the papyrus plant

4000 BCE

First Egyptian writing invented

3100 BCE

Reign of Hatshepsut, Egypt’s only female pharaoh

1478-1458 BC

The Great Pyramid of Giza is built in Egypt.

2100 BCE

King Tut is Pharaoh in Egypt

1333 BCE

Egypt becomes part of the Roman Empire

50 CE

                                                                                 

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Name ______________________________________        Ancient Egyptian Timeline                

Using a Timeline-2

Write each event in order in the boxes below the timeline as we learn about them in class.

Reign of Hatshepsut, Egypt’s only female pharaoh

1478-1458 BC

The Great Pyramid of Giza is built in Egypt.

2100 BCE

Early Egyptians began to live near the Nile River

5000 BCE

King Tut is Pharaoh in Egypt

1333 BCE

First Egyptian writing invented

3100 BCE

Egypt becomes part of the Roman Empire

50 CE

Paper was invented using the papyrus plant

4000 BCE

                                                                                 

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