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Menes (fl. c. 3200–3000 BC; [1] / ˈ m eɪ n eɪ z /; Ancient Egyptian: mnj, probably pronounced * /maˈnij/; [6] Ancient Greek: Μήνης [5] and Μήν [7]) was a pharaoh of the Early Dynastic Period of ancient Egypt, credited by classical tradition with having united Upper and Lower Egypt, and as the founder of the First Dynasty.
Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510 – 1569), also known as Doña Gracia or La Señora (The Lady), was a Portuguese Jewish philanthropist, businesswoman, and one of the wealthiest women of Renaissance Europe.
The First Dynasty of ancient Egypt (Dynasty I) [1] covers the first series of Egyptian kings to rule over a unified Egypt. It immediately follows the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, by Menes, or Narmer, [2] and marks the beginning of the Early Dynastic Period, when power was centered at Thinis.
The issue is confusing because "Narmer" is a Horus name while "Menes" is a Sedge and Bee name (personal or birth name). All of the King Lists which began to appear in the New Kingdom era list the personal names of the kings, and almost all begin with Menes, or begin with divine and/or semi-divine rulers, with Menes as the first "human king".
"The Decoration Program of the Propylon of Khonsu at Karnak", in KMT 10/2 (1999), pp. 56–65; The Narmer Palette, in The Glyph 1/18 (September 1999), pp. 8–9; Miscellaneous contributions to the website of EgyptVoyager, 2000 ff. "Thutmose II Chronology Questioned", Reader's Letter in KMT 11/3 (2000), pp. 4–5 "Aha or Narmer. Which Was Menes?"
Coinage of Alexander the Great struck under Balakros or Menes circa 333-327 BC. The letter "B" appears under the throne of Zeus. Balakros (Greek: Bάλακρoς), also Balacrus, the son of Nicanor, one of Alexander the Great's "Somatophylakes" (bodyguards), was appointed satrap of Cilicia after the Battle of Issus, 333 BC. [2]
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The Greek word μήνη (mēnē) means both the Moon and the lunar month. [2] It represents the feminine form of the older masculine noun μήν (mēn), which in turn derives from the oblique stem of the Indo-European word *meh₁nōt ("moon; month"). [3] The name of the Phrygian moon-god Men derives from the same word. [4]