( No. 98 II. POLITICAL HISTORY CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY 730-667 B.C. Ethiopian dynasty in Egypt . 545 A.D. Christian kingdom of Nubia . 640 Arab conquest of Egypt. Fourteenth century. The Dagus invaded by the Tungur Arabs . 1500 Final Arab conquest of Nubia . 1505 Amara Dunkas creates the Fung Kingdom . 1517 Sultan Selim takes Cairo . Egypt becomes a Turkish Pashalate . 1724-62 Ascendancy of the Fung Kingdom . 1748 Conquest of Kordofan by the Fungs. 1789 Downfall of the Fung Kingdom . 1798 Napoleon invades Egypt. 1801 British compel French to evacuate Egypt. 1806 Mehemet Ali Pasha of Egypt. 1820 Mehemet Ali annexes the Sudan . 1822 Foundation of Khartum . 1849 Death of Mehemet Ali . 1853 John Petherick's expedition . 1854-63 Reign of Khedive Said . 1858-72 Anti -slave trade edicts . 1863-79 Reign of Khedive Ismail . 1869-71 Baker Pasha Governor. 1872-75 Bogos and Harrar seized from Abyssinia. 1874-79 Gordon Governor. 1874 Zobeir annexes Darfur . 1875-76 Defeat of Ismail by Abyssinians . 1879 Accession of Tewfik . 1880-81 Rauf Pasha Governor . 1881 Rise of the Mahdi . 1883 Surrender of Egyptian garrisons in Kordofan .. Defeat of Hicks Pasha . 1884 Gordon reaches Khartum . 1885 Fall of Khartum . Recall of relief expedition . Death of the Mahdi. Accession of the Khalifa Abdullah . 1886 Frontier withdrawn to Wadi Halfa . 1889 Defeats of, Dervishes at Argin and Toski. 1891 Tokar recovered . 1894 Kassala taken by Italians. 1896-99 Reconquest of the Sudan.