ANTH 2820 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Narmer Palette, Prehistoric Egypt, Narmer
6 Apr 2017
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Narmer associated with this period: narmer palette. Unification, upper egypt invading lower egypt (south invading. Pyramids and tombs (drastically increasing number of tombs) Capital moved to memphis, start of the old kingdom: consolidating power by moving north. Series of low floods, several years in a row famine, stores could only feed so many people for so long. Pharaoh was giving land to the priestly orders and not taxing them on it: big deal b/c only ~10% of the land in egypt was privately owned. Not a lot of written records, because. Corruption in admin. gave power to the governors of the nomes: became pretty much city-states not districts decline of pharaoh power. Evidence of warfare between the nomes, and just a lot more violent in general. A lot more burials cemeteries were overflowing in the period: increased warfare, increased famine, amassing.
