2a+-+Menes

 Menes/Narmer/Secorpion by Jane Jun Birth name: Mn, Menes Throne name: Aha (Horus the Fighter) Kingdom Age: About 3100 B.C. Dynasty: 1st Years(birth date): c. 3420 B.C. Buried: Saqquara Predecessor: Father Narmer Successor: Son Djer out of Queen Neithotepe

- He was the first king of Egypt who united Upper and Lower Egypt into one Kingdom. - He used Nile as a highway linking north and south. - He was the founder of Memphis which became the Egyptian capital. - He was also the founder of Crocodilopolis.
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**Citations** Alistair Boddy-Evans."Menes: First Pharaoh of Egypt." About.com. 2009. Web. 18 Oct 2009.  "**Menes**." Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 18 Oct. 2009 <[|**http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/374923/Menes**]>. Fingerson, R."Menes." 2003-2004. Web. 18 Oct 2009.  Picture: www.aldokkan.com/ egypt/menes.jpg