Patronizing can mean giving support to or being a customer of, suggesting that the condescending sense implies superiority gained through a donor-dependent relationship. The verb condescend used to be free of any hint of the offensive superiority it usually
The First King of Ancient Egypt's Ptolemaic Dynasty. by Jimmy Dunn. In the ancient world, there is no surprise that military men often became rulers. These men, most of whom rose through the military ranks, usually had considerable administrative skills and had proved themselves to be leaders.
The palette is the earliest example of a depiction of a King of Egypt to be found. King Narmer is believed to be the last of the Predynastic Kings of Egypt and may have been known as King Menes who was the first king of a united Egypt and the first dynastic king. The Egyptologist Bob Brier stated that the Narmer Palette may be âthe first historical document in the worldâ.