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==Menes, Narmer & 1st Unification of Egypt== | == Menes, Narmer & 1st Unification of Egypt == | ||
=== Menes === | |||
===Menes=== | |||
* = mythological first king of unified Egypt | * = mythological first king of unified Egypt | ||
* identified by Egyptian priest during the [[Ptolemaic]] or Greek period of Egypt in 300s BC | * identified by Egyptian priest during the [[Ptolemaic]] or Greek period of Egypt in 300s BC | ||
* Menes was possibly just a reference to the ruler(s) | * Menes was possibly just a reference to the ruler(s) | ||
** the name is from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manetho Manetho (wikipedia)], the ancient Greek historian of Egypt | |||
=== Narmer === | |||
===Narmer=== | |||
* = a king referenced in archeological finds | * = a king referenced in archeological finds | ||
* likely the same as Menes | * likely the same as Menes | ||
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*** unclear if Menes or one of his successors actually created Memphis | *** unclear if Menes or one of his successors actually created Memphis | ||
*** Memphis = important to control movement along the Nile | *** Memphis = important to control movement along the Nile | ||
*** myth of Menes that he was attacked by his own dogs while hunting | *** myth of Menes that he was attacked by his own dogs while hunting | ||
**** this myth may | **** he escaped by riding the back of a crocodile across Lake Moeris (a water body of the Fayoum oasis where pharaohs liked to hunt) | ||
*** Menes was supposed to have been killed by a | **** this myth may be seen as an allegory for conquest/ unification of Egypt (attacked by his own dogs = enemies from within Egypt; crocodile = his power and chosen by the gods) | ||
*** Menes was supposed to have been killed by a hippopotamus | |||
* Sources: | * Sources: | ||
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menes Menes] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narmer Narmer] (wikipedia) | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menes Menes] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narmer Narmer] (wikipedia) | ||
[[File:Egypt_AbydosKinglistDrawing_wiki_sm.jpg|right|frame|Abydos King List with 76 pharaohs as found on the walls of the Temple of Seti, a New Kingdom pharaoh. The list in incomplete and has certain pharaohs, such as Hatsepsut deliberately missing(wikipedia)]] | [[File:Egypt_AbydosKinglistDrawing_wiki_sm.jpg|right|frame|Abydos King List with 76 pharaohs as found on the walls of the Temple of Seti, a New Kingdom pharaoh. The list in incomplete and has certain pharaohs, such as Hatsepsut deliberately missing(wikipedia)]] | ||
==Pharaoh & Dynastic Periods== | ==Pharaoh & Dynastic Periods== | ||