jan 1, 3100 BC - Unification of Egypt; Egyptian writing and art culture develops
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The Upper and Lower Kingdoms are unified for the first time by a king named Narmer (Freeman, Pg 18); around this time, there is the first archaeological evidence of Egyptian writing occurring (") and of an establishment of conventions in Egyptian art (specifically, the use of the size of a figure to denote status) (")
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