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The
Early Dynastic or Archaic Period (3100-2686BC)
This period is shrouded in mythology.
Little is known of Menes and his descendants outside of their divine ancestry
and that they developed a complex social system, patronized the arts and constructed
temples and many public buildings.
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first imperial city, is attributed to Menes. From Memphis the third and fifth
kings of the First Dynasty, which extended from 3100 to 2890BC set out to
conquer the Sinai. During the First Dynasty culture became increasingly
refined. The royal burial grounds at Saqqara and Abydos became sites of highly
developed mastabas.
The Second Dynasty lasting from 2980 to
2686BC was characterized by regional disputes and a decentralization of
Pharaonic authority, a process that was only temporarily halted by the Pharaoh Raneb, also called |
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Hotepsekhemwy. These regional contentions
were very likely the outcome of the unresolved conflict between the two deities
Horus in the south and Seth in the Delta. Theistic rivalry seems to have been
resolved by Khasekhem, the last Pharaoh of the Second Dynasty
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