Prehistory
- Lower Paleolithic (c. 2 Million – 100000 BC)
- Middle Paleolithic (100000 – 30000 BC)
- Upper Paleolithic (30000 – 10000 BC)
- Epipaleolithic Era (10000 – c. 5500 BC)
- Predynastic Period (5500 – 3100 BC)
Early Dynastic Period
- 1st Dynasty (2920 – 2770 BC)
- 2nd Dynasty (2770 – 2650 BC)
Old Kingdom
- 3rd Dynasty (2650 – 2575 BC)
- 4th Dynasty (2575 – 2467 BC)
- 5th Dynasty (2465 – 2323 BC)
- 6th Dynasty (2323 – 2152 BC)
First Intermediate Period (7th – 11th Dynasties) (2150 -1986 BC)
Middle Kingdom
- 11th Dynasty (1986 – 1937 BC)
- 12th Dynasty (1937 – 1759 BC)
Second Intermediate Period (13th – 17th Dynasties) (1759 – 1539 BC)
New Kingdom
- 18th Dynasty (1539 – 1295 BC)
- 19th Dynasty (1295 – 1186 BC)
- 20th Dynasty (1186 – 1069 BC)
Third Intermediate Period
- 21st Dynasty (1070 – 945 BC)
- 22nd Dynasty (945 – 712 BC)
- 23rd Dynasty (828 – 725 BC)
- 24th Dynasty (725 – 715 BC)
- 25th Dynasty (712 – 657 BC)
Late Period
- 26th Dynasty (664 – 525 BC)
- 27th Dynasty (525 – 404 BC)
- 28th Dynasty (404 – 399 BC)
- 29th Dynasty (399 – 380 BC)
- 30th Dynasty (380 – 343 BC)
- 31st Dynasty (343 – 332 BC)
Ptolemaic Dynasty
Roman Period
- Roman Period
- Byzantine Period
Islamic Period
- Abbasid Period
- Fatimid Period
- Ayyubid Period
- Mameluke Period
- Bahri Mameluke Period
- Burgi Mameluke Period
- Ottoman Turk Period
French Occupation Period
British Occupation Period