By 3400bc - archaological evidence of burial objects also used in everyday life

(text based game about a break-in)

various centers of power existed in predynastic egypt in heirakonpolis naqada an
d abydos until something happened such that there was one ruling power
Hierakonopolis. Naqada. Abydos.
Each location contains burial ruins which indicate social stratification.
Abydos Ruins
Largest structures for burial of rulers.
Contains tomb U-J which indicated imported gifts sent from neighboring countries
.
Later official kings were buried at Abydos.
Hierakonpolis and Naqada
Both located near routes leading to ancient east-desert mines of semi-precious s
tones and metals

Evidences for shifting of power

6th dynasty kings onward for ~200 yrs had no new major royal constructions indic
ating a lack of power
Nomarchs had tombs constructed within their ruling borders built containing arch
itectural designs specific to their area; Saff
Inscriptions about nomarchs hailed them as being magnificent, giving no praise t
o the king
We see a spread of power, moderately wealthy individuals possessing tombs with s
ignificant architecture and burial offerings previously only seen in royal tombs
.
ch4 notes
Nomes were depicted as gods carrying standards (not nomarchs).
Nomes were founded as areas to provide administrative duties for collection cent
ers for king's monastery donations and tax collection.
Nomarch sons who inherited the power of their fathers felt more obligated to the
ir localized power (their ka) than to the king.
Nomarchs began being buried locally in their own areas in impressive burial cour
tyards without the style of the king's tombs in Memphis, showing a growing impor
tance of local tradition.
Eventually, royal inscriptions previously only seen in pyramids and king's pyram
ids (pyramid spells) were emblazoned on wealthy individual's coffins (coffin tex
ts) showing them rising to merge with Re.
One nomarch, Ankhtify, ruled over Edfu and Heierakonpolis. He made an alliance w
ith a northern city to shield them from an attack by Coptos and Thebes in exchan
ge he gained power. Mercenaries were employed from the foreign lands of western
Libya and southern Nubia, and can be seen in Akhtify's tomb inscriptians.
rebellious infidels aka the C-group departed egypt during the Old Kingdom monarc
hy to live in northern Nubia where they remained an enemy of Egypt throughout th
e Middle Period.
Harkhuf's tomb contains inscriptions of journeys to Yam, a region south of the s
econd cataract in a town called Kerma, where insense, panther-skins, ivory, and
ebony would could be obtained. Along his journey he travelled through Balat, a w
estern monastery camp owned by Egypt. He left Kerma (Yam) with a guiding party t
hat accompanied him back into Egypt through C-camp's territory. During this time

, they were peaceful with the Egyptians.

However, a military expedition was then lead by Pepynakht by order of Pepy II, i
nto Nubia to capture slaves/materials and many Nubians were slaughtered. Later h
e was sent into the eastern desert for bodies of Egyptians slain by nomads.
After Pepy II's rule, trading and expeditions into northern and eastern lands in
cluding asia and sinai, completely stopped.