1977 - Peace with Egypt Secret contacts between the Egyptians and Israel lead to the surprise visit of new Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to Jerusalem, in November 1977. In 1978, after prolonged talks, Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, a noted leader of the nationalistic Likud bloc, sign a draft agreement for a peace treaty, which is concluded in 1979. Egypt's peace treaty with Israel represents the first crack in the wall of Arab world rejection of the Jewish state. Sadat, however, is later assassinated. 8000-4000 BCE 3000-1200 BCE 1700 1200-600 BCE 587-332 BCE 520 BCE 332-63 BCE 166 BCE 63-324 CE 6-3 BCE 66 CE 68 CE 132-135 CE 135-324 CE 324-638 CE 614 CE 638-1099 CE 1099-1291 CE 1291-1917 CE 1492 1517 1886 1918-1948 1948 1950-67 1968-1988 1974 1977 1982 1993 2000