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Ancient Egyptian Timeline Activity

Use the timeline and information on this sheet to investigate ancient Egypt. Dates are shown as BCE (also called BC). On the timeline, larger BCE dates happened further in the past. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

A journey through time

Ancient Egyptian civilisation grew beside the River Nile in north-east Africa. The Nile provided water, fish and a route for travel. Its yearly floods left rich soil where people could grow crops. Ancient Egyptians built impressive monuments, developed a writing system called hieroglyphs and preserved some bodies as mummies.

Around 3100 BCE: Egypt was united under one ruler, traditionally identified as Narmer.

Around 2600 BCE: the Great Pyramid of Giza was built.

Around 1330 BCE: Tutankhamun ruled Egypt.

Around 30 BCE: the reign of Cleopatra ended and Egypt became part of the Roman Empire.

1.Put these events in order from earliest to latest by writing 1, 2, 3 and 4: Tutankhamun ruled; Egypt was united; Cleopatra’s reign ended; the Great Pyramid was built.
2.Which event happened first: the building of the Great Pyramid or Tutankhamun’s reign? Explain how you know using the dates.
3.Find Tutankhamun’s date on the number line. What number represents about 1330 BCE?
-3200-2700-2200-1700-1200
4.Choose the best answer. What was the River Nile especially useful for?
  • Providing water and rich soil for farming
  • Keeping the desert cool
  • Making stone for pyramids
  • Stopping all floods
5.Complete the sentence: The yearly Nile floods left soil, which helped farmers grow .
6.Match each ancient Egyptian word to its meaning.
  • Hieroglyphs
  • Mummy
  • Papyrus
  • A body preserved after death
  • A system of picture-based writing
  • A writing material made from a river plant
7.True or false? Cleopatra lived before the Great Pyramid was built.
TrueFalse
8.Imagine you are a farmer living beside the Nile. Give two ways the river could help you and your community.
9.What does a timeline help historians understand about events?
10.Choose one event from the timeline. Write its date and one sentence explaining why you would like to visit that time in ancient Egypt.

3 printable pages

  • Ancient Egyptian Timeline Activity, page 1 of 3: A journey through time

    Page 1

  • Ancient Egyptian Timeline Activity, page 2 of 3: 2. Which event happened first: the building of the Great Pyramid or Tutankhamun’s

    Page 2

  • Ancient Egyptian Timeline Activity, page 3 of 3: 8. Imagine you are a farmer living beside the Nile. Give two ways the river could help

    Page 3

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