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The first time that the ancient Egypt consolidated it's territories was in the year c. 3100 B.C. The legend of Narmer holds that King Menes, also known as King Narmer, was the individual to have accomplished this. At the time of consolidation Egypt had two distinct tracts of land holdings that were held by two different Kings, and these are called upper and lower Egypt. Before upper and lower Egypt came into existence, there were actually three different kingdoms, but the documentation of these are foggy and hard to discern with confidence. Episode number 2 goes more into depth on how the first settlers may have populated the lands of the Nile and how these lands eventually consolidated into one cohesive Egyptian kingdom. Hope you enjoy!