HISTORY 26

Lecture Seven:

The Formation of the Egyptian State(c. 3200 - 2686 BC)

Upper and Lower Egypt

ta mehu

ta shemau

Unification

King of Upper and Lower Egypt

‘He of the sedge and bee’ (nesu bit)

‘He of the two ladies’ (nebty)

Nekhbet of Nekhab (Upper Egypt) - Vulture

Wadjet of Buto (Lower Egypt) - Cobra

Unification

Upper Egypt Lower Egypt

The Evidence

Manetho’s Aegyptiaca (3rd c. BC) and the Turin Canon (13th c. BC)– King Menes, Founder of Dynasty 1

The Palermo Stone(5th Dynasty, 2494 - 2345

BC)

The Palermo Stone(5th Dynasty, 2494 - 2345

BC)

The Macehead of King Scorpion

The Macehead of King Narmer

The Palette of King Narmer

Ancient Egypt

Predynastic and Early Dynastic

Egypt Upper Egypt - Naqada, Abydos, and

Hierokonpolis Lower Egypt - Saqqara and Helwan

Predynastic Period– Naqada II (Gerzean) - c. 3500 - 3200 BC– Naqada III - c. 3200 - 3000 BC (Dynasty 0)

Early Dynastic Period (c. 3000 - 2686 BC)– Dynasties 1 and 2

The Early Dynastic PeriodDynasties 1 and 2 (c. 3000 -

2686)1st Dynasty (c. 3000 -

2890)

Aha (Narmer/Menes?)DjerDjetDenAnedjibSemerkhetQa’a

2nd Dynasty (2890 - 2686)

HetepsekhemwyRanebNynetjerWenegSenedPeribsenKhasekhemwy

The Early Dynastic PeriodDynasties 1 and 2 (c. 3000 -

2686) One king from the Nile Delta to the

First Cataract Cultural homogeneity Memphis and the tombs of Saqqara Hieroglyphs Taxes - The ‘Cattle-count,’ or the

‘Following of Horus’ The local elite families supplied the

first administrators