Political Upheaval · 3100 BCE · Turning point
Unification of Egypt
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Pharaoh Narmer unified Upper and Lower Egypt, inaugurating three millennia of one of history's most durable visual traditions. The conventions of Egyptian art (hierarchical scale, composite figures, symbolic color) were established within a century and held with extraordinary consistency across 3,000 years.
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