The First Dynasty of Egypt was the first line of kings of the unified Egyptian state, according to the ancient lists of rulers. Tradition attributes the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt to a founder called Menes, often identified with the king Narmer, who is shown on the Narmer Palette. The rulers of the dynasty, among them Aha, Djer and Den, probably governed from near Memphis and were buried in tombs at Abydos. In their time hieroglyphic writing, royal administration and the cult of the dead developed in recognizable form. The dynasty is the start of the Early Dynastic Period and the foundation of the long history of pharaonic Egypt.
Before and after
- c. 3,201 BCENewgrange passage tomb is built
- from c. 3,200 BCE to 1,050 BCECycladic civilization
- from c. 3,200 BCE to 3,060 BCENaqada III
- from c. 3,180 BCE to 2,500 BCEOrigins of Skara Brae
- from c. 3,150 BCE to 2,890 BCEFirst Dynasty of Egypt
- c. 3,101 BCENarmer unifies Egypt
- from c. 3,100 BCE to 2,686 BCEEarly Dynastic Period of Egypt
- from 31st century BCE to 14th century BCEConstruction of Stonehenge
- from 31st century BCE to 20th century BCECorded Ware culture
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The era
This moment belongs to the Ancient civilizations (3,200 BCE to 500 CE), writing, cities and empires.