King Memphis In Ancient Egypt

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Memphis,One of the most important cities in the ancient world. Around 3000 years before christ, Egyptian divided the area around Nile river into two kingdoms, the upper and lower Egypt. The king Menes was the first king who united the two kingdoms. Then,
Memphis was founded to become the center of the kingdom. Memphis is greek words means “The White Wall”. The king of Egypt was called pharaoh and Egyptian believed that the pharaoh was the son of Re, god of Egypt. Memphis was located in the middle of two kingdoms, so king Menes could manipulated the kingdoms easily and the kingdom would be more stable and secured from the inside and outside enemies. Memphis was really flourish because of their strong communication between the upper and lower

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