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The End.............For Real

100 B.C. to 600 A.D.

After the battle of Actium, the once Greek held Egypt was under Roman rule. The Romans wanted Egypt for the same reasons that the Greeks did.  Egypt had also recently turned into a center for trade which only added to its desirability. When the Romans took over, the Egyptians were allowed to keep their customs, but the already Greek influenced people easily took to the Roman ways.  Slowly the Ancient Egyptian culture died out, and through the other conquerors that came after the Romans, Egypt developed into the county that we now know.

The Battle of Actium

30 B.C. to 31 B.C.

Near the end of the Hellenistic age (also known as the Greek Occupation), the Romans were having some internal conflict.  The fighting was between Augustus Caesar, who was the standing Caesar, and Mark Antony, who was one of his Generals.  Mark Antony was in a relationship with Cleopatra who was the Pharaoh of Egypt and had control of the Egyptian army.  The Caesar thought Mark Antony was going to betray him and branded him a traitor.  Mark Antony, with Cleopatra's help, held a last stand against the Caesar's army, but lost.  At that time, the Romans gained control of Egypt.

The Hellinistic Age in Egypt

 332 B.C. to 100 B.C.

After the war with Lybia, Egypt was in chaos.  It was being invaded from all sides, and was unable to defend itself.  The Macedonians soon heard of the rich culture of the Egyptians, and their fertile land and naturally wanted to claim it for themselves.  Alexander The Great was the leader of the Greeks at this time.  He lead them into Egypt expecting a fight.  When they arrived, the Egyptians were already fighting Persia...and losing.  The funny thing is, the Egyptians looked at the Greeks as liberators instead of conquerors.  They felt that way because they thought being ruled by the Greeks was better than being ruled by the Persians.  This was a smart decision because the Egyptians were allowed to keep their customs and religions.  In fact, Alexander the Great embraced the Egyptian culture.  Alexander was deemed Pharaoh and Egypt began to flourish.

War, and Internal Decline

1274 B.C. to 525 B.C.

Most of the fall consisted of internal fighting within Egypt.  Although, the worst came when the Libyans united to fight the Egyptians.  Ramses III was a Pharaoh that fought off the Libyans in many skirmishes across Egypt.  All the battles were won and peace was gained, but the effects of the religious catastrophe was still being felt.  Simultaneously, something happened to cause the weakening of Egypt's economy.  Pharaoh Ramses III was truly convinced  that he was invulnerable, so he had not chosen an heir to the throne. When he died, (not so invulnerable, huh?) there was an internal fight trying to see who would be Pharaoh out of the hundred or so kids he had.  (Yeah, that's what I thought!)  While Egypt still appeared strong on the outside, the inside was slowly crumbling.

The Beginning of the End.......

1352 B.C. to 1336 B.C.

The fall of Egypt all started when some crazy Pharaoh named Akhenaten went all zealous, and tried to completely change the standing religion into one that only worshiped the sun.  So this guy used the military to try to destroy all remnants of the old religion.  Well...most people didn't like this too much, so there was major opposition to the conversion.  Civil war was always on the brink, and eventually, Akhenaten died, the old religion came back, and peace was restored for some time.  Then came Ramses III.........