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The 16 pages that link to Memphis, each with the reason it gives.

• Early Dynastic Period of EgyptRelated: Its rise anchored royal power near the boundary between Upper and Lower Egypt.

• SaqqaraRelated: Saqqara served as the principal necropolis for Memphis.

• Assyrian conquest of EgyptRelated: Esarhaddon’s capture of Memphis was a decisive early victory in the conquest.

• DjoserRelated: The royal center near Saqqara provides the political setting for Djoser’s monument.

• First Dynasty of EgyptRelated: Its strategic position linked the dynasty’s southern base with the Delta.

• Unification of EgyptRelated: Its location supported governance between Upper Egypt and the Delta.

• HoremhebRelated: Horemheb’s Saqqara tomb lies near Memphis, a key center during his earlier career.

• Pyramid of DjoserRelated: Saqqara served as the necropolis of Memphis, the nearby royal center.

• ShabakaRelated: Shabaka made this traditional Egyptian capital a focus of his rule.

• Third Dynasty of EgyptRelated: Its proximity to Saqqara connected the dynasty’s royal burial grounds with a central seat of power.

• Herakleopolis MagnaRelated: Its longstanding influence helps explain the shifting balance among Egypt’s regional capitals.

• Psamtik IIIRelated: Persian forces captured Memphis after defeating Egypt, completing the conquest.

• PtahRelated: Ptah’s principal cult center stood here, and Memphite theology made him the supreme creator.

• Eighth Dynasty of EgyptRelated: The dynasty’s traditional association with Memphis distinguishes its claimed political base.

• Seventh Dynasty of EgyptRelated: Later accounts associate the early First Intermediate Period’s rulers with Memphis.