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All dates in this chronology are approximations (c.) and occur before the common era (B.C.E.).
| 2625–2585 | King Sneferu is the first Egyptian king to call himself "Possessor of Maat," stressing his role in maintaining justice in the world. |
| 2500–2350 | The first Egyptian tomb biographies in the Fifth Dynasty state that the deceased gave charity to the unfortunate in the name of maat ("right conduct"). |
| The first allusions to Egyptian ideas about the creation of the world are contained in the Pyramid Texts, the royal funeral ritual. | |
| 1938–1759 | In the Twelfth Dynasty a series of teachings describe maat. Most of these teachings are attributed to famous men of the past such as the Fifth-dynasty prime minister, Ptahhotep. |
| The Coffin Texts—spells found on Middle Kingdom coffins—use maat to ensure admission to the afterlife. They also make the connection between the creation of humans... |
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