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Name: Split of Ancient Egypt in Lower and Higher Egypt

Type: Event

Start: 2699 BC

End: 2699 BC

Parent: Partition of Egypt by Hudjefa I

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It is believed that in ca. 2700 BC the Egyptian Pharaoh decided to split the Kingdom of Ancient Egypt between his two sons.

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  • January 2699 BC: Partition of Egypt into Lower and Upper Egypt. It is believed that Egyptian Pharaoh Senedj split Egypt between his two sons.

    • Selected Sources

  • Francesco Tiradritti & Anna Maria Donadoni Roveri: Kemet: Alle Sorgenti Del Tempo. Electa, Milano 1998, ISBN 88-435-6042-5, page 80–85.
  • Nicolas Grimal: A History of Ancient Egypt. Wiley-Blackwell, Weinheim 1994, ISBN 978-0-631-19396-8, page 55.

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