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Meni 𓏠𓈖𓇋 | |
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 Carving of Narmer, often considered the same person as Meni | |
| Born | late 4th millennium BCE Upper Egypt |
| Died | late 4th millennium BCE Egypt |
| Cause of death | Hippopotamus attack |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Political party | 1st Dynasty |
Meni (late 4th millennium BCE), known as Menes in Greek sources, was the first king of the first dynasty of Egypt. He may have led the kingdom of Upper Egypt to conquer Lower Egypt and unify the country before 3000 BCE. He was either a successor of Narmer or the same person. It is not clear whether they were the first ruler of unified Egypt or if there were other kings before the first dynasty.[1]
By the time Narmer took power, Egypt already had a writing system and a centralized state. He founded the capital city of Men-nefer and built a dam to protect it from the Nile.[1]
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- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Grigory Bongard-Levin, Boris Piotrovsky (1988). Ancient Civilisations of East and West. https://archive.org/details/ancientciveastwest/mode/1up.