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Narmer

	Ancient Egypt - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Motivating and organising these activities were a socio-political and economic elite that achieved social consensus by means of an elaborate system of religious belief under the figure of a (semi)-divine ruler (usually male) from a succession of ruling dynasties and which related to the larger world by means of polytheistic beliefs.
		The Egyptian religions, embodied in Egyptian mythology, were a succession of beliefs held by the people of Egypt, as early as predynastic times and all the way until the coming of Christianity and Islam in the Graeco-Roman and Arab eras.
		Ancient Egypt's foreign contacts included Nubia and Punt to the south, the Aegean and ancient Greece to the north, the Levant and other regions in the Near East to the east, and also Libya to the west.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Ancient_Egypt (4432 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Protodynastic Period of Egypt
		The Predynastic period of Egypt is the period that culminates in the rise of the Old Kingdom and the first of the thirty dynasties based on royal residences, by which Egyptologists divide the history of Pharaonic civilization, using a schedule laid out first by Manethos Aegyptaica.
		The Protodynastic Period is characterised as being the time when ancient Egypt was undergoing the process of political unification, leading to a unified state during the Early Dynastic Period.
		Map of Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt was the civilization of the Nile Valley between about 3000 BC and the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great in 332 BC.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Protodynastic-Period-of-Egypt (592 words)

	The Ancient Egypt Site - The Early Dynastic Period
		The Early Dynastic Period is a period of some 500 years or more at the beginning of what is conventionally considered as the history of Ancient Egypt.
		As the Early Dynastic Period is the culmination of an on-going cultural, religious and political evolution, it is hard to determine its actual beginning.
		As none of the sources from the Early Dynastic Period mention his name and as none of the deeds credited to him can be associated with any of the archaeologically attested kings, the identification of this Menes, however, is problematic.
	www.ancient-egypt.org /history/01_03/index.html (1126 words)

	Ancient Egypt - MSN Encarta
		Although the ancient Egyptians worshiped many gods, Egypt is also often recognized as the origin of the first recorded monotheist (worshiper of one god), the king who called himself Akhenaton.
		Egypt also developed one of the first religions to have a concept of the afterlife.
		Many questions were answered in the early 19th century, when a young French scholar, Jean François Champollion, deciphered the hieroglyphs on the Rosetta Stone and reconstructed the ancient Egyptian language.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_461511156/Ancient_Egypt.html (2080 words)

	Sumerian Influence on Egypt
		From these, and from archaeological research, it is evident that even at this early period there were large cities with splendid temples and elaborately planned houses.
		At a period approximately 3,400 years before Christ, a great change took place in Egypt, and the country passed rapidly from a tate of Neolithic culture with a complex tribal character to [one of] will-organized monarchy.
		The civilization of the Jemdet Nasr period of Mesopotamia and the archaic period of Egypt are apparently roughly contemporary, but the interesting point is that in Mesopotamia many of the features of civilization appear to have a background, whereas in Egypt they do not.
	www.crystalinks.com /sumeregypt.html (1104 words)

	The Two Lands: Archaic Egypt
		Of all the kings of Egypt, Narmer is among the most legendary; for according to Egyptians, he united the two parts of Egypt and became the first king of the Two Lands, Upper and Lower Egypt.
		The symbol of this unification are the two crowns of Egypt, the white crown (Upper Egypt) and the red crown (Lower Egypt); these crowns would be combined to form the single crown of the king.
		The early kings of Archaic Egypt had to yearly prove that they were physically capable of ruling Egypt in a festival called the Sed ("slaughter," "slaying") festival.
	www.wsu.edu /~dee/EGYPT/TWOLANDS.HTM (688 words)

	The Early Dynastic Period
		The political fusion that laid the foundations for the Early Dynastic state of the 1st and 2nd Dynasties would have probably occurred at around this time.
		North-south rivalry led to a period of unrest, symbolised by the struggles of Horus v Seth.
		Each of the Early Dynastic tombs in the Royal Cemetery of Abydos was originally provided with a pair of carved stone funerary stelae, resembling tombstones.
	www.egyptologyonline.com /predynastic.htm (885 words)

	Kingdoms and Periods of Ancient Egypt
		The Early Dynastic Period of Egypt is taken to include the First and the Second dynasties...
		The Middle Kingdom is a period in the history of ancient Egypt stretching from the establishment of the Eleventh dynasty..
		The New Kingdom is the period in Egyptian history between the 16th century BCE and the 11th century BCE..
	www.cybersleuth-kids.com /sleuth/History/Ancient_Civilizations/Egypt/Kingdoms/index.htm (200 words)

	Ancient Egyptian Religion: Predynastic - Early Dynastic Period
		The shrine where the cult statue was kept is thought to have been a light wooden structure made of wood or wickerwork, standing at the rear of an open courtyard around which a fence ran, drawing the line between the sacred and the profane.
		Already in the early Dynastic days it was the king, or the tribe leader who performed the rites for the deity, acting as the mediator between the deity and the people, in much the same way as was done all throughout history.
		Towards the early Dynastic period the gods gradually appeared in human form, first with a human body and animal head, then in Dynasty 2 they began to appear in a full human form.
	www.philae.nu /akhet/history1.html (1311 words)

	info: Early_Dynastic_Period_of_Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Archaic or Early Dynastic Period of Egypt is taken to include the First and Second Dynasties, lasting from 2920 BC, following the Protodynastic Period of Egypt, until 2575 BC, or the beginning of the Old Kingdom.
		Bibliography of Prehistoric EgyptStan Hendrickx, Analytical Bibliography of the Prehistory and the Early Dynastic Period of Egypt and Northern Sudan, Leuven Hendrickx 1996.
		Early Dynastic Period of Egypt: 0 - 3: Egyptian Chronology: 0 - 6: Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt
	www.napoli-pizza.net /Early_Dynastic_Period_of_Egypt.html (574 words)

	The Cambridge Ancient History - Cambridge University Press
		The early dynastic period in Egypt I. Edwards; 10.
		Egypt: from the inception of the nineteenth dynasty to the death of Ramesses III R. Faulkner; 44.
		Egypt: from the death of Ramesses III to the end of the twenty-first dynasty J. Cerny; 49.
	www.cambridge.org /catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521205719 (542 words)

	Kids Section - Egypt's Past - Dynastic Period
		There were at least 30 kings during the Early Dynastic period and some of the first monuments and temples were built at Saqqara and Abydos during this time.
		The capital was in Northern Egypt, in Memphis, and the rule was held solidly by the pharaohs.
		Egypt was invaded by Nubia, as the southern Nubians rushed the northern Egyptians.
	www.touregypt.net /kids/history/dynastic.html (854 words)

	Early Dynastic-New Kingdom Egypt: History and Urbanism 3100-1070
		The period from 3000-2700 BC was one of consolidation of the pharaonic social order.
		Following unification and during the Early Dynastic Period of 3000-2700 BC the first 2 dynasties completed the unification of Egypt and created the underpinnings of its social order.
		Foreign involvement was probably spurred by economic needs and required the existence of state and temple specialists traveling to the areas immediately adjacent to Egypt to bring back the raw resources required by the state.
	www.unm.edu /~gbawden/328-eghist/328-eghist.htm (1664 words)

	Historical Development of Royal Cemeteries outside Thebes and inside Thebes (Early Dynastic-Second Intermediate Period) ...
		As Egyptian society gradually developed from the predynastic chiefdoms to the first united kingdoms of the Early Dynastic Period (Dynasties 1 and 2), impressive royal tomb complexes were constructed, surrounded by cemeteries of courtiers and servants.
		The characteristic tomb of the Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom was a rectangular flat-topped superstructure with steep sloping sides called a mastaba (after the Arabic word for the benches found in front of village houses) [16902].
		During Dynasty 17, at the end of the Second Intermediate Period, a Theban princely family were buried in the traditional necropolis at Dira' Abu al Naja.
	www.thebanmappingproject.com /articles/article_2.2.html (859 words)

	History of Ancient Egypt and Egyptian Pyramids
		The history of ancient Egypt proper starts with Egypt as a unified state, which occurred sometime around 3000 BC, though archaeological evidence indicates a developed Egyptian society may have existed for a much longer period.
		By 6000 BC ancient Egyptians in the southwestern corner of Egypt were herding cattle and constructing large buildings.
		The pyramids of Egypt, some of which are among the largest man-made constructions ever conceived, constitute one of the most potent and enduring symbols of Ancient Egyptian civilization.
	www.joinafrica.com /countries1/Egypt/historyancientegypt.htm (587 words)

	The Egyptian Old Kingdom, Sumer and Akkad
		W.B. Emery, Archaic Egypt [Penguin, 1961]; Sir Alan Gardiner, Egypt of the Pharaohs [Oxford, 1966]; Peter A. Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs [Thames and Hudson, 1994].
		This is true, but, as with early Egyptian history, it is a vague and frustrating kind of history, and one without the succession of hard monuments that become the signposts of time in Egypt.
		A key event for this period was a lunar eclipse on 27 June 1954 BC, which was thought at the time to have foretold the death of King Shulgi of Ur.
	www.friesian.com /notes/oldking.htm (5093 words)

	Information, Early Dynastic Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The last phase of the prehistoric period in Egypt is now generally known as the Naqada III period.
		At the end of the Naqada period there are already hieroglyphic inscriptions attested which could be interpreted as the names of kings (Iry-Hor, Crocodile, Ka).
		In the Early Dynastic Period, Egyptian culture started to develop and Egyptian civilisation entered what is variously perceived today as its initial or formative phase.
	www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk /archaicegypt/info.html (269 words)

	Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The kings of the Early Dynastic Period raided Libya and the Sinai and began the exploitation of natural resources so vital to Egypt.
		Egypt was governed firmly by these rulers, with the aid of nome officials and dedicated administrators.
		The achievements of the Early Dynastic Period culminated in the splendid mortuary complex erected for Djoser (2630–2611
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=EGY1106 (534 words)

	Empires Past: Egypt
		This was the Early Dynastic period of Egyptian History.
		Middle Kingdom (2040-1640 B.C.) This was a stable period beginning with one dynasty that was strong enough to control all of Egypt.
		During this period, a group called the Hyksos was able to invade Egypt and rule it for a time.
	library.thinkquest.org /16325/e-main.html (509 words)

	Chronology of Ancient World
		Early Dynastic Period in Egypt began with unification of Lower and upper Egypt (1st - 3rd dynasties).
		Period of civil war after the assassination of Commodus.
		Roman Empire faces a period of chaos at the end of Severian dynasty.
	www.ancientanatolia.com /historical/world_history.htm (681 words)

	Sumerian Influence on Egypt
		"At a period approximately 3,400 years before Christ, a great change took place in Egypt, and the country passed rapidly from a state of Neolithic culture with a complex tribal character to [one of] will-organized monarchy...
		On monuments, all men have dark curly hair and their bodies are dark red to indicate the heavily sunburnt light-brown skin (brown was absent from the palette of the Egyptian artist).
		period of Mesopotamia and the archaic period of Egypt are apparently roughly contemporary, but the interesting point is that in Mesopotamia many of the features of civilization appear to have a background, whereas in Egypt they do not.
	www.mystae.com /restricted/streams/scripts/influence.html (847 words)

	Early Dynastic Period
		Herodotus agrees with Manetho that Menes (or Min) was the first king of Egypt, and Men is recorded as the first King of Upper and Lower Egypt in the Abydos Kings list, inscribed during the reign of Seti (New Kingdom).
		Other sources attribute the unification of Egypt to one of Hor-aha´s predeccessors called Narmer.
		Furthermore, the Narmer palette shows the King wearing both the crown for Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.
	www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk /earlydyn.html (276 words)

	ArchéoNil
		kohler, the new excavations in the early dynastic necropolis at helwan ulrich hartung, maadi, fouille de sauvetage aux confins du caire fekhri a.
		braun, egyptian elements and influence on the early bronze age i of the southern levant.
		quelques considerations sur les contacts entre l'egypte et la mesopotamie au 4e millenaire stan hendrickx, bibliography of the prehistory and the early dynastic period of egypt and northern sudan.
	www.egypt.edu /etaussi/adresses/archeonil/archeonil06t.htm (596 words)

	Open Directory - Society: History: By Time Period: Ancient: Africa: Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Abzu: Egypt - Index of resources for the study of ancient Egypt by Charles E. Jones, The Research Archives of the Oriental Institute, Chicago.
		Early Dynastic Egypt - Francesco Raffaele presents an illustrated history of the second and third dynasties, king by king, with references.
		Lost Egypt - Essay on "Photography and the Early Documentation of Egyptian Monuments" and 30 photographic images of the Nile Valley at the turn of the 20th century; from the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.
	dmoz.org /Society/History/By_Time_Period/Ancient/Africa/Egypt (2266 words)

	Eternal Egypt - Style: Early Dynastic Period
		It was the capital of the eighth nome of Upper Egypt and the main cult center of Osiris.
		Before 3000 BC, Egypt was divided into two kingdoms, Lower and Upper Egypt.
		Tombs or cenotaphs of kings of the Early Dynastic era are also located at Saqqara.
	www.eternalegypt.org /EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?ee_website_action_key=action.perform.ent_type.search&language_id=1&trait_item_id=83513&search_subtypes=yes&text=text (138 words)

	Ivory statuette of a king in jubilee robe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		This figurine is one of the earliest surviving portraits 'in the round' of an Egyptian king.
		It cannot be associated with any particular ruler, although there are tombs of a number of kings of the period not far from the Temple of Osiris at Abydos.
		The figurine may be evidence that this festival was celebrated right at the beginning of the historical period in Egypt.
	www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk /compass/ixbin/goto?id=OBJ34 (229 words)

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