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Menes, also spelled Mena, Meni, or Min, (flourished c. 2925 bce), legendary first of unified Egypt, who, according to tradition, joined and in a single centralized monarchy., a 3rd-century- bce Egyptian historian, called him Menes, the 5th-century- bce Greek historian referred to him as Min, and two native-king lists of the (13th century bce) call him Meni. Modern scholars have inconclusively identified the legendary Menes with one or more of the Egyptian kings bearing the names Scorpion, Narmer, and Aha.In addition to crediting Menes with the unification of Egypt by war and administrative measures, a tradition appearing in the and the History of Herodotus credits him with diverting the course of the Nile in Lower Egypt and founding —the capital of during the Old Kingdom—on the reclaimed land.
Excavations at, the cemetery for Memphis, revealed that the earliest royal tomb located there belongs to the reign of Aha. Manetho called Menes a Thinite—i.e., a native of the nome (province) of Thinis in Upper Egypt—and, in fact, monuments belonging to the kings Narmer and Aha, either of whom may be Menes, have been excavated at, a royal cemetery in the Thinite. Narmer also appears on a slate palette (a decorated stone on which cosmetics were pulverized) alternately wearing the red and white crowns of Lower and ( see ), a combination symbolic of unification, and shown triumphant over his enemies.
Actually, the whole process probably required several reigns, and the traditional Menes may well represent the kings involved. According to Manetho, Menes reigned for 62 years and was killed by a.
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The theme of this year’s, which begins Thursday, revives a phrase that became a last year: “Nevertheless, She Persisted.”During the month of March, the National Women’s History Project will who have persevered in spite of discrimination in their fight for criminal justice reform, immigrant rights, education equality, racial justice and other issues.“‘Nevertheless, She Persisted’ is really about every woman who really had to use her tenacity and courage to accomplish whatever she set out to accomplish. It’s universal,” said Molly Murphy MacGregor, executive director and co-founder of the National Women’s History Project. “You think about our mothers and grandmothers — they’ve been persisting for a very long time.”But the origins of the phrase are decidedly modern, dating back only to February 2017 when Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Was during a debate over President Trump’s nomination of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as U.S. Attorney General.Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Warren had “impugned the motives and conduct” of Sessions while quoting a in opposition to Sessions’ appointment as a federal judge. King wrote that Sessions had “used the awesome powers of his office in a shabby attempt to intimidate and frighten elderly black voters.”.
Interrupting her speech, McConnell accused Warren of violating, which states that Senators cannot “directly or indirectly, by any form of words impute to another Senator or to other Senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a Senator.” The Senate then voted along party lines to stop her from continuing to speak during the debate.“Senator Warren was giving a lengthy speech,” McConnell said, defending the move. “She had appeared to violate the rule. She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.”Warren later read King’s letter in its entirety outside the Senate chamber in a that has now been viewed nearly 13 million times. McConnell’s rebuke and has since and, inspired the title of and of a.“National Women’s History Month is about recognizing the courage and contributions of women everywhere who are breaking down barriers, raising their voices, and fighting for what they believe in,” Warren said in a statement to TIME.
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“Millions of women have taken up ‘Nevertheless She Persisted’ as their rallying cry because they know that together, we can make change. We know because we are doing it.”.
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