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Menes (m'nez) (Aha) 1st Dynasty, Menes
Menes (m'nez),
1
fl. 3000 B.C. and/or
3100-c. 3040 BC
Aha is
known for millions of people as King Menes of Memphis. He was the
founding king of the 1st Dynasty, and was the first king to unify
Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom. Ancient 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 Caeser. 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 Crocodopolis. During his
time, the Egyptian army performed raids against the Nubians in the
south and expanded his sphere of influence as far as the First
Cataract. His chief wife was Queen Berenib, though she was not the
mother of his heir, King Djer, and his mother was Neithotepe. His
death is a mystery, for, according to legend he was attacked by wild
dogs and Nile crocodiles in Faiyum . Or others opinions are he died,
According to Manetho, a 3rd century BC Egyptian historian; he was
killed by a hippopotamus. Menes' tomb resides at Saqqara, the famed
necropolis of Memphis He died at the age of Sixty Three.
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