Politics & Power in the 4th millennium BCE

One event in the Terralore archive falls in the 4th millennium BCE, tagged politics and power — dynasties, constitutions, revolutions and changes of regime. It keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events: 1
Nations: 1
Earliest: 3100 BCE
Latest: 3100 BCE

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

c. 3100 BCEAfrica
Egypt
Memphis founded as royal capital
A new capital is established at Memphis near the meeting point of the Two Lands, becoming the administrative heart of early pharaonic Egypt.
Era: Predynastic Egypt and the Unification
Sources: Narmer · World History Encyclopedia

Memphis founded as royal capital