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Conflict Middle East

Unification of Egypt

3100 BCE – 2950 BCE · 150 years

Egyptian unification was a gradual process associated with Narmer and the First Dynasty, not a single securely documented conquest.

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Upper and Lower Egypt on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Upper Egypt (Narmer)
  • Lower Egypt

Key moments

Defining events in the Unification of Egypt.

  1. c. 3100 BC Formation of the First Dynasty

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Middle East

Dead Sea

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Egypt

Attested 3000 BCE – 2026 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Nile River Trade

3000 BCE – 30 BCE

Landmark · Middle East

Wadi Rum

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Semites

Attested 3000 BCE – 2000 BCE

Trade route · Middle East

Mesopotamian Trade Network

3000 BCE – 500 BCE

Landmark · Middle East

Socotra Island

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Elam

Attested 3000 BCE – 700 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 3100 BCE and 2950 BCE.

3100 BCE Early Sumerian City-State Wars 3100 BCE Memphis 3000 BCE Byblos 3000 BCE Damascus 3000 BCE Sidon

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Dravidians Polity · South Asia 3000 BCE – 700 BCE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Austronesians Polity · Oceania 3000 BCE – 400 BCE Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Ainu Polity · East Asia 3000 BCE – 1700 CE
Image credits6 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Dead Seaلا روسا · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of EgyptDerived from Part IV Article (223) of the Constitution of The Arab Republic of Egypt. Col… · Public domain
  • Wadi RumDaniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Semitic peopleJohann Christoph Gatterer · Public domain
  • SocotraPublic domain
  • Elam Map-enFile:Near East topographic map-blank.svg : Sémhur File:Elam-map-PL.svg : Wkotwica derivat… · CC BY-SA 3.0