Years -2240
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Events
Mesopotamy
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Reign of Lugal-ushumgal, king of Lagash (- 2230, - 2200).
Egypt
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(- 2222/-2130): reigns of Khéty {{Ier}}, first Pharaon of Héracléopolis, then of Mérikarê and Khéty II. The names of several kings are lost.
- Khéty {{Ier}} gathers in its capacity name them of Average-Egypt and the Fayoum and installs its capital with Héracléopolis. It takes the title of king de Haute and Low-Egypt towards -2190. In the south, it meets the resistance of the princes of Hermonthis.
- the kings of the 9th dynasty, supported by the princes of Siout and Hermopolis, try to gather the Egyptian provinces and to release the delta of the Asian ones.
- kings d' Héracléopolis, while giving a prestige renewed to the god of their city Herishaf, try to restore the preeminence of solar cosmogony to mitigate religious particularism suitable for each names.
- Teaching for Mérikarê.
Significant characters
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
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