clay or a certain dirt. No not clay or certain dirt at all- Soil is red because of the same compound that causes rust to be red, oxidised iron (most common formula- Fe2O3). â¦If the soil has nutrients like Iron and other elements that oxidise it will be dark. A soil with just Iron and not many other nutrients will usually be a lighter red.
Egypt and the Assyrians Return to Main Page. Egypt and the Assyrians. The Assyrians were known for their wide knowledge of warfare and organization, and they obtained extensive territories through military campaigns. From 671 (676) B.C. to 663 B.C. is the period when Egypt was invaded by Assyria. Before the invasion by the Assyrians, the first pharaoh of the twenty-fifth dynasty was Shebaka.
Upper and Lower Egypt split 1000 B.C. 900 B.C. 800 B.C. 728- Nubian king Piy conquered Egypt 700 B.C. 671- Assyrians attacked Egypt: 600 B.C. 525- Persians conquered Egypt 500 B.C. 400 B.C. 332- Alexander the Great conquered Egypt 305- Ptolemy I became pharaoh 300 B.C. 200 B.C. 196- Rosetta Stone carved 100 B.C. 31- Battle of Actium 30- Cleopatra VII died 0 A.D. 100 A.D. 200 A.D. 300 A.D. Last use of hieroglyphic writing: 400 A.D. 500 A.D. 600 A.D. 642- Egypt conquered by Arabs: 700 A.D. 800 A.D. 820- Caliph al Mamun entered the Great Pyramid: 900 A.D. 969- City of Cairo founded Casing blocks stripped off Giza pyramids 1000 A.D. 1100 A.D. 1200 A.D. 1300 A.D. 1400 A.D. 1500 A.D. 1517- Ottoman Turks ruled Egypt 1600 A.D. 1700 A.D. 1798- Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt 1799- Rosetta Stone found 1800 A.D. Travellers and explorers began uncovering the monuments of ancient Egypt 1822- Hieroglyphs deciphered 1859- 1869 Suez Canal built Egyptologists began formal excavations in Egypt 1900 A.D. 1922- Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun 1953- Egypt became independent