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Pharaoh
Menes
(Narmer)
Zoser
(Djoser)
Dates
Details
c. 3100 BC Upper and Lower Egypt unite (Crown signified
union of Two Lands)
1st dynasty (of 30 total dynasties)
Menes: legendary king
Narmer: historical king (Narmer Palette)
c. 2650 BC Capital at Memphis
Imhotep builds Step Pyramid at Saqqara,
surrounded by a wall and false
Doors (Previous tombs were mastabas)
Sneferu
c. 25752645 BC
Khufu
(Cheops)
2551-2528
BC
Khafre
(Chephren)
2520-2494
BC
Learned name of the Nile god, Khnum
Pyramid of Meidum, Pyramid at Dashur, Red
Pyramid
Began Pyramid Age
Builds Great Pyramid (Took 100,000 men 20 years
to build)
Funeral boats buried around the pyramid
Builds second pyramid at Giza and Great Sphinx
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