Predynastic Egypt

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archaeological culture complex historical period

Predynastic Egypt refers to the prehistoric period in the Nile Valley before the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, characterized by the emergence of early agricultural communities, social stratification, and the cultural foundations of ancient Egyptian civilization.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Naqada	1
Naqada I culture	1
Neolithic Egypt	1
Predynastic Egyptian art	1
Proto-dynastic Egypt	1
predynastic Egypt	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological culture complex ⓘ historical period ⓘ
associatedWith	earliest experiments with hieroglyphic writing ⓘ
characterizedBy	development of cosmetic palettes ⓘ development of pottery traditions ⓘ development of social stratification ⓘ elaborate funerary practices ⓘ emergence of agriculture ⓘ emergence of early iconography ⓘ emergence of elite tombs ⓘ increasing craft specialization ⓘ increasing political centralization ⓘ long-distance trade networks ⓘ regional cultural differentiation between Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ sedentary village life ⓘ use of copper tools ⓘ use of mudbrick architecture ⓘ use of stone maceheads ⓘ
chronologicallyOverlaps	Chalcolithic period in the Near East ⓘ
domesticates	cattle ⓘ goats ⓘ pigs ⓘ sheep ⓘ
endTime	c. 3100 BCE ⓘ
follows	Predynastic Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Neolithic Egypt
hasImportantSite	Abydos ⓘ Faiyum Oasis ⓘ Hierakonpolis ⓘ Maadi ⓘ Merimde Beni Salama ⓘ Naqada II culture ⓘ surface form: Naqada el-Badari ⓘ el-Omari ⓘ
hasPart	Badarian culture ⓘ Faiyum Neolithic culture ⓘ Maadi culture ⓘ Merimde culture ⓘ Predynastic Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Naqada I culture Naqada II culture ⓘ Naqada II culture ⓘ surface form: Naqada III culture
imports	cedar wood ⓘ copper ⓘ lapis lazuli ⓘ
laysFoundationFor	ancient Egyptian artistic conventions ⓘ ancient Egyptian burial customs ⓘ ancient Egyptian kingship ideology ⓘ ancient Egyptian religious concepts ⓘ
locatedIn	Lower Egypt ⓘ Nile Valley ⓘ Upper Egypt ⓘ
mainCrops	barley ⓘ emmer wheat ⓘ
partOf	history of ancient Egypt ⓘ
precedes	Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Early Dynastic Period of Egypt unification of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
startTime	c. 6000 BCE ⓘ
tradesWith	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Nubia ⓘ Upper Nile Valley ⓘ surface form: Upper Nile regions
uses	Nile floodplain agriculture ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

White Crown of Upper Egypt → appearsInPeriod → Predynastic Egypt ⓘ

Narmer → era → Predynastic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proto-dynastic Egypt

Egyptian Museum → eraCovered → Predynastic Egypt ⓘ

Department of Egyptian Archaeology → focusesOn → Predynastic Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Department of Egyptian Archaeology, Cairo University

Ancient Egyptian art → follows → Predynastic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Predynastic Egyptian art

Early Dynastic Egypt → follows → Predynastic Egypt ⓘ

Predynastic Egypt → follows → Predynastic Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neolithic Egypt

Department of Egyptian Antiquities → hasCollectionScope → Predynastic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: predynastic Egypt

Nile Valley cultural landscape → hasHistoricalPeriod → Predynastic Egypt ⓘ

Early Dynastic Egypt → hasKeySite → Predynastic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naqada

Predynastic Egypt → hasPart → Predynastic Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naqada I culture

Nile Valley → historicalPeriodOfFlourishing → Predynastic Egypt ⓘ

Egyptology → studiesPeriod → Predynastic Egypt ⓘ

Wadjet → timePeriod → Predynastic Egypt ⓘ