| Rule: | Founder of 1st Dynasty: c. 3000 BC |
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| Predecessor: | Father Narmer (presumed) | |
| Mother: | Niethotep, wife of Narmer | |
| Nomen: | Birth name: Established | |
| Alternate Names: | - There has been some controversy about Menes: Some believe him to be the same individual as Hor-Aha.
- Others claim he was the son of Narmer. - Others says that Narmer and Menes were the same person, referred to with more than one name. | |
| Consorts: | Berenib Neithotepe | |
| Capital City: | - Menes founded the city of Memphis, and chose as its location an island in the Nile, so that it would be easy to defend.
- He was also the founder of Crocodilopolis | |
| Reign: |
- Considerable historical evidence from the period points to Narmer as the king who started the unification Egypt and Menes or Hor-Aha as his son and heir, who became the first Pharaoh of Egypt, and the founding Pharaoh of the 1st Dynasty. - The most important political event in ancient Egyptian history was the unification of the two lands by Menes. - With the emergence of a strong, centralized government under a god-Pharaoh, the country's nascent economic and political institutions became subject to royal authority. - The central government, either directly or through major officials, became the employer of soldiers, retainers, bureaucrats, and artisans whose goods and services benefited the upper classes and the state gods. - Egypt's most predominant form of civilization began with his crowning, and did not end permanently until the beginning of the Roman era, which started with Augustus Caesar. | |
| Military and Foreign Activity: | - During his time, the Egyptian army performed raids against Nubia in the south and expanded his sphere of influence as far as the First Cataract. | |
| Burial: | - His death is a mystery, for, according to legend he was attacked by Nile crocodiles in Fayum.
- Menes' tomb resides at Saqqara, the famed necropolis of Memphis. - He died at the age of sixty three | |
| Successor: | Son Djer out of Queen Neithotepe | |
| Wikipedia: | Menes |
Video: Narmer Menes the Unifier
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