First Dynasty of Egypt: Dawn of New Civilization or Dark Age?



Table of Contents

Introduction2

The Key Accounts3

Dawn of Pharaonic Civilization3

Cultural Evolution5

The Dark Origins of First Dynasty6

Conclusion8

End Notes9

Bibliography11

First Dynasty of Egypt: Dawn of New Civilization or Dark Age?

Introduction

Egypt has seen power, and a cultural evolution as the civilzai0tn progressed. The origins of Egyptian civilization lost in time, although from the third millennium BC provided to have inscriptions that allowed us to begin knowing about Egypt. Ancient historians, had divided the history of Egypt in different periods, thus, a known historian named Manetho, brought together all the rulers of ancient Egypt into 31 dynasties or ruling families Köhler, E. C. On the origins of Memphis. The new excavations in the Early Dynastic necropolis at Helwan, Egypt at its origins, studies in memory of Barbara Adams, S. Hendrickx, R. F. Friedman, K. M. Cialowicz and M. Chlodnicki, eds., Leuven: Peeters, 2004, pp. 295-315.. So when one studies the History of Egypt, it is found that, Egypt was a civilization divided into empires and dynasties, but also on interim periods that occurred at times when Egypt went through serious difficulties in government .

With respect to the first period, the Egyptian civilization mainly went through chaos and the social developments at the same time, therefore, it is important to determine if weightage can be given to the first dynasty as the founding stone of the successful civilization or an opportunity to learn administrative lessons for future civilizations. Dynasty I coincides with the end of the period known as Naqada IId (end of Semaniense), and runs from 3100 to BC to 2900 C, about varying the timing in the bibliographical sources in terms of dating methods adopted . The first pharaoh consolidate the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under his rule, beginning the History of Ancient Egypt of the Pharaohs and therefore of the First Dynasty of Egypt.

The first dynasty was the beginning of a progressive civilization which observed much political and administrative chaos but remained a symbol of the innovation and dawn of a new civilization at the same time.

The Key Accounts

According to historical tradition gathered by historians Herodotus and Manetho, First Dynasty was founded by a king named Menes to whom we owe the conquest of the Nile Delta and the founding of the city of Memphis . However, its history has not been widely accepted because of the gaps existing in documentary. The first dynasty of rulers is the historical sequence of events . First was king Narmer, the last ruler was Qaa, and likewise a total of eight rulers of the dynasty were assigned. All these rulers settled in Abydos burial. By the end of the 1st Dynasty, it was the tradition that the closest relatives as well as senior officials had to follow the king to death. They were in small, almost square side graves buried right on the King's grave.

Dawn of Pharaonic Civilization

The first signs of a complex culture began to manifest itself with the emergence of small towns along ...