Thinite line of kings

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The Thinite line of kings was the earliest royal dynasty of a unified ancient Egypt, ruling from the city of Thinis during the formative period of pharaonic civilization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian royal dynasty
early dynastic polity
associatedWith Abydos
Naqada culture
linked to: Naqada II culture
capital Thinis
country Ancient Egypt
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culturalLegacy model for later pharaonic kingship
currency none (pre-monetary economy)
developed centralized administration
early hieroglyphic writing
royal funerary cults
economyBasedOn agriculture along the Nile
endTime early 3rd millennium BCE
followedBy 3rd Dynasty of Egypt
Old Kingdom of Egypt
governmentForm absolute monarchy
hasMonarch Aha
Den
Djer
Hotepsekhemwy
Khasekhemwy
Narmer
Nynetjer
Qa’a
linked to: Qa'a
hasPart 1st Dynasty of Egypt
2nd Dynasty of Egypt
inception late 4th millennium BCE
knownFor earliest royal dynasty of a unified Egypt
formation of pharaonic institutions
political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
language Egyptian language
locatedIn Upper Egypt
militaryActivity campaigns in Lower Egypt
campaigns in Nubia
campaigns in Sinai
namedAfter Thinis
partOf history of ancient Egypt
precededBy Predynastic Egypt
religion ancient Egyptian religion
rulerTitle king of Upper and Lower Egypt
pharaoh
source Abydos King List
Manetho’s Aegyptiaca
linked to: Aegyptiaca

Saqqara King List
timePeriod Early Dynastic Period of Egypt
usedBurialSite Abydos royal cemetery
Umm el-Qa’ab necropolis
writingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs

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Netjerikhet royalHouse Thinite line of kings