ABSTRACT
The first major civilization of Africa, indeed in the world, to make a definitive impact on the direction of human culture was that of the united country called Kemet by Africans, and much later called Egypt by the Greeks. Christopher Ehret sees the development of an Egyptian culture as directly related to beliefs, customs, traditions, and patterns that had “sub-Saharan roots”. Kemet stands in a special place in relationship to other ancient civilizations. The unification of Kemet under the rule of Narmer, the Per-aa, meaning “Great House”, in 3400 BCE was one of the most notable moments in history. Civil servants served the political bureaucracy to the point of trying to determine how much people owed the government in grain or other products. The political ideology of Kemet was made durable by the intense preoccupation of the people with religious and moral ideas.
