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The '''Archaic Period of Egypt''', is taken to include the ], the ] dynasties, lasting from ca. the ], following the ], until ca. the ], or the beginning of the ]. The '''Archaic Period of Egypt''', is taken to include the ] and the ] dynasties, lasting from ca. the ], following the ], until ca. the ], or the beginning of the ].


]ians considered themselves to be, The People of Two Lands, these lands being ]. ]ians considered themselves to be "the People of Two Lands", these lands being ].


The earliest known ] of the 1st Dynasty is ]. We know his name because it is written on a palette used for make-up (only men wore make-up). Funeral practices for the peasants would have been the same as in pre-Dynastic times, but the rich demanded something more. Thus, the Egyptians began construction of the ]s. According to ], the first ] or king was ]. However, the earliest recorded king of the 1st Dynasty was ], and the first king to claim to have united the two lands was ]. We know his name because it is written on a palette used for make-up (only men wore make-up). Funeral practices for the peasants would have been the same as in pre-Dynastic times, but the rich demanded something more. Thus, the Egyptians began construction of the ]s.


Menes unified Upper and Lower Egypt in 3100 BC. Before this period the land was settled with autonomous villages, called nomes. Menes established a national administration and appointed royal governors. Prior to the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt in ], the land was settled with autonomous villages, called ]. With the first dynasties, the rulers established a national administration and appointed royal governors.

⚫ The buildings of the central government were typically open-air temples constructed of wood or sandstone.


⚫ The buildings of the central government were typically open-air temples constructed of wood or ].




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The Archaic Period of Egypt, is taken to include the first and the second dynasties, lasting from ca. the 31st century BC, following the predynastic period of Egypt, until ca. the 27th century, or the beginning of the Old Kingdom.

Ancient Egyptians considered themselves to be "the People of Two Lands", these lands being Lower and Upper Egypt.

According to Manetho, the first Pharaoh or king was Menes. However, the earliest recorded king of the 1st Dynasty was Hor-Aha, and the first king to claim to have united the two lands was Narmer. We know his name because it is written on a palette used for make-up (only men wore make-up). Funeral practices for the peasants would have been the same as in pre-Dynastic times, but the rich demanded something more. Thus, the Egyptians began construction of the mastabas.

Prior to the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt in 3100 BC, the land was settled with autonomous villages, called nomes. With the first dynasties, the rulers established a national administration and appointed royal governors.

The buildings of the central government were typically open-air temples constructed of wood or sandstone.

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