This also led to another problem as these became larger, each kingdom wanted more power, which led to a war that would eliminate two of the three. With the final outcome of the three kingdoms, the one who survived was the ruler Tjeni. Tjeni ruled in 2950 BC and is also known as Narmer, as you have already seen earlier in the summary. The last two sections of the chapter talk about the Gift of the Nile and the Two Lands running together. The Nile River is what made the ancient Egyptians so great. The river not only shapes a physical landscape, but it does so in a way that Egyptians see themselves in the world. Since the Egyptians see it as a phenomenon, this is where creation stories come into play. The oldest account of how the universe formed was, in the beginning, nothing more than an aquatic chaos, personified as the god Nun. Another story they have is that the water was a negative result that was formed
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