Early Dynastic Period

Dates: c. 3000–2700 BC
Dynasties: 1st and 2nd Dynasties
Capital: Memphis
In the directory: 24 entries

The first dynasties consolidate the unified state. Administration, writing, royal ideology and the cult of the dead take on the form that will shape Egypt for the next 3,000 years.

Achievements and events

c. 3000 BCMemphis, at the junction of Upper and Lower Egypt, becomes the capital of the united kingdom.
from c. 2980 BCRoyal tombs at Abydos (Umm el-Qa’ab) and large mudbrick mastabas of high officials at Saqqara.
c. 2950 BCDjer leads campaigns into Nubia.
c. 2920 BCIvory year labels, such as those of King Den, record festivals and events: a forerunner of historical writing.
c. 2740 BCKhasekhemwy wages war in Lower Egypt and celebrates the reunification of Upper and Lower Egypt.

All rulers of the period

1st Dynasty

Ahac. 3000/2980 BC
Teti Ic. 2980 BC
Djerc. 2980/2960 BC
Djet (Wadji)c. 2960/2930 BC
Den (Udimu)c. 2930/2910 BC
Anedjibc. 2910/2890 BC
Semerkhetc. 2890/2870 BC
Qa'ac. 2870/2850 BC
Sneferka
“Bird”
Sekhet

2nd Dynasty

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