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  1. #bc
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  3. //  Egypt
  4.  
  5. #e <t>battle<n>Egypt invaded by Hyksos people<d>1675(25)<c>Egypt
  6. #e <t>battle<n>Egyptians defeat Hyksos rulers<d>1550(10)<c>Egypt
  7. #e <t>invent<n>chariots with two 4-spoked wheels<info>replacing 4 solid wheels<d>1500(50)<c>Egypt
  8. #e <t>invent<n>chariots with 6 or 8 spokes per wheel<d>1400(50)<c>Egypt
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  10. #e <t>use<n>a 365-day calendar<c>Egypt<d>2500
  11. #e <t>use<n>glass<c>Egypt<d>2000
  12. #e <t>use<n>irrigation systems<c>Egypt<d>2000
  13. #e <t>use<n>metal mirrors<c>Egypt<d>1900(100)
  14. #e <t>constr<n>attempts to build Suez canal<c>Egypt<d>600
  15. #e <t>use<n>lathes<c>Egypt<d>300
  16. #e <t>use<n>lighthouses<c>Alexandria<d>275
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  18.  
  19. //  Pharaohs
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  21. #p <nat>Egyptian<o>queen<n>Hatshepsut<ac>1501(1)<d>1481(1)
  22. #p <nat>Egyptian<o>king<n>Amenhotep III<ac>1411<d>1375
  23. #p <nat>Egyptian<o>king<n>Hophra<ac>589<d>570
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  25.  
  26. //  Battles
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  28. #e <t>battle<n>Pharaoh Neco II defeats Judea<d>609<c>Megiddo<vic>Egypt<info>Josiah killed<ref>2 Chron 35:20-24
  29. #e <t>battle<n>Egypt defeats Babylonians<d>601  //  where?
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  31.  
  32. //  Ptolemies (Macedonian Dynasty)
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  34. #p <nat>Egyptian<o>king<o>general<n>Ptolemy I<b>367(1)<ac>305<d>285<aka>Ptolemy Soter<info>General under Alexander
  35. #p <nat>Egyptian<o>king<n>Ptolemy II<b>309<ac>285<d>246<aka>Ptolemy Philadelphus
  36. #p <nat>Egyptian<o>king<n>Ptolemy III<b>282(1)<ac>246<d>221<aka>Ptolemy Euergetes
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