- The
Thinite Confederacy is an
Egyptological term for a
hypothesized tribal confederation in
ancient Egypt. It is
thought to have
preceded the full unification...
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including the
classical historian Manetho, who
cites it as the
centre of the
Thinite Confederacy, a
tribal confederation whose leader,
Menes (or Narmer), united...
- The
Early Dynastic Period, also
known as
Archaic Period or the
Thinite Period (from Thinis, the
hometown of its rulers), is the era of
ancient Egypt that...
- him
belongs the U-j tomb
found in the
royal cemetery of Abydos,
where Thinite kings were buried. That tomb was
plundered in antiquity, but in it were...
- two
states may have
merged peacefully, with the
Thinite royal family ruling all of Egypt. The
Thinite kings were
buried at
Abydos in the Umm el-Qa'ab...
-
better known as Thinis,
which may have been the
capital of the
hypothetical Thinite Confederacy prior to Egypt's unification.
During the First,
Second and...
- the
middle of
Scorpion I's
reign or
about c. 3320 BC. In this
battle the
Thinite army,
personally led by
Scorpion I, who were
attempting to
finally conquer...
- Gegi
bears different titles, the most
important being overlord of the
Thinite nome (Ta-wer). He was
therefore nomarch of the province. Gegi was also...
-
increasing influence and
perhaps conquest of
larger portions of
Egypt by the
Thinite kings. Two
underground chambers, B7 and B9, in the Umm el-Qa'ab necropolis...
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century BC. He
probably ruled from
Hierakonpolis over
Abydos and the
wider Thinite region and
controlled Egypt at
least as far
north as Memphis,
since the...
