Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful ... The first pharaoh of the first dynasty was a ruler named Menes (or Narmer, as he is called in Greek). He lived over 5,000 years ...

Does ancient Egypt's origin have an agreed-on date ... reported that the first ruler of this united Egypt was a king named Menes, but modern-day scholars debate the exact identity of Menes ...