Topic summary
Prehistoric Egypt

Period before the First Dynasty of Egypt Prehistoric Egypt / Predynastic Egypt300,000 BCE–3100 BCEArtifacts of Egypt from the Prehistoric period, from 4400 to 3100 BC. First row from top left: a Badarian ivory figurine, a Naqada jar, a Bat figurine. Second row: a diorite vase, a flint knife, a cosmetic palette.Common languagesEgyptianReligion Proto religionDemonymEgyptianHistorical eraPrehistory• Established 300,000 BCE• Unification 3100 BCE Succeeded by Early Dynastic Period Today part ofEgypt Part of a series on the History of Egypt Prehistoric Egypt Paleolithic300,000–20,000 BC Mesolithic20,000–6000 BC Neolithic and Predynastic6000–3000 BC Ancient Egypt Early Dynastic Period3150–2686 BC Old Kingdom2686–2181 BC 1st Intermediate Period2181–2055 BC Middle Kingdom2055–1650 BC 2nd Intermediate Period1650–1550 BC New Kingdom1550–1069 BC 3rd Intermediate Period1069–664 BC Late Period (History)664–332 BC Greco-Roman Egypt Argead dynasty332–310 BC Ptolemaic dynasties310–30 BC Roman and Byzantine Egypt30 BC–641 AD Late antique Egypt3rd-7th centuries Sasanian Egypt619–629 Medieval Egypt Rashidun caliphate641–661 Umayyad caliphate661–750 Abbasid dynas