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Revision as of 08:05, 2 November 2004 by Hooverbag (talk | contribs) (+wikilinks, +cat 'Ancient Egypt')(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Ancient Egyptians considered themselves to be, The People of Two Lands, these lands being Lower and Upper Egypt.
The earliest known Pharaoh of the 1st Dynasty is Menes. 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.
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.
The buildings of the central government were typically open-air temples constructed of wood or sandstone.
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