Ancient Egypt started around 3150 BC.
Egyptian civilization followed prehistoric Egypt and coalesced around 3150 BC -LRB- according to conventional Egyptian chronology -RRB- with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh , Narmer -LRB- commonly referred to as Menes -RRB- .	civilization	civilization	Egypt	Egypt	prehistoric Egypt	prehistoric Egypt	conventional Egyptian chronology	conventional Egyptian chronology	Upper and Lower Egypt	Upper and Lower Egypt	pharaoh	pharaoh	Narmer	Narmer	Menes	Menes
