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Menes

Founder of Manetho's 1st dynasty and unifier of Egypt

Born: 3200s BCE
Died: 3125 BCE
Citizenship: Ancient Egypt
Occupation: monarch
Positions held: pharaoh(-3200–-3125)

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Menes was a pharaoh of the Early Dynastic Period of ancient Egypt, credited by classical tradition with having united Upper and Lower Egypt, and as the founder of the First Dynasty.

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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Dictionary of African Biography
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Noble title: pharaoh
Cause of death: animal attack applies to part: Nile hippopotamus

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