Menes
c. 3,200 BCE – 3,125 BCE · aged 75
Founder of Manetho's 1st dynasty and unifier of Egypt
- Born
- 3,200 BCE · place not recorded
- Died
- 3,125 BCE
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- c. 3,200 BCEBornBorn
- 3,200 BCE – 3,125 BCERolePharaoh
- 3,125 BCEDiedDied
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- c. 3,200 BCEWriting begins in Sumer
Biography
Menes (fl. c. 3200–3000 BC; ; Ancient Egyptian: mnj, probably pronounced */maˈnij/; Ancient Greek: Μήνης and Μήν) was a pharaoh of the Early Dynastic Period of ancient Egypt, credited by classical tradition with having united Upper and Lower Egypt, and as the founder of the First Dynasty.
The identity of Menes is the subject of ongoing debate, although mainstream Egyptological consensus inconclusively identifies Menes with the Naqada III ruler Narmer or his successor, the First Dynasty pharaoh Hor-Aha.
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