Dynasty 0
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Dynasty 0 refers to the group of predynastic Egyptian rulers and proto-kingdoms that immediately preceded the formal unification of Egypt and the start of the First Dynasty.
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical concept
ⓘ
period of ancient Egyptian history ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidenceFrom |
Buto settlement layers
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Hierakonpolis elite cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ Umm el-Qaab necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ tomb U-j at Abydos ⓘ |
| burialCustoms | elite mastaba-like and pit tombs ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
development of royal iconography
ⓘ
emergence of regional proto-kingdoms in Upper Egypt ⓘ increasing political centralization ⓘ use of early hieroglyphic writing ⓘ |
| chronologicalStatus | not part of Manetho’s traditional dynastic list ⓘ |
| country |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egypt
|
| culminatesIn | unification traditionally attributed to Narmer ⓘ |
| economy |
agricultural surplus along the Nile Valley
ⓘ
long-distance trade with Levant and Nubia ⓘ |
| endTime | circa 3000 BCE ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | Egyptology ⓘ |
| follows | Naqada III period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Dynasty Zero
NERFINISHED
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Naqada III (political phase) NERFINISHED ⓘ Protodynastic Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesRulers |
Crocodile (provisional name)
GENERATED
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Hat-Hor GENERATED ⓘ Hedjw-Hor GENERATED ⓘ Iry-Hor GENERATED ⓘ Ka (King Ka) GENERATED ⓘ Narmer GENERATED ⓘ Ny-Hor GENERATED ⓘ Pe-Hor GENERATED ⓘ Scorpion II GENERATED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of royal titulary precursors
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earliest royal tombs at Abydos ⓘ earliest serekh inscriptions ⓘ early use of cosmetic palettes with royal scenes ⓘ iconography of kings smiting enemies ⓘ |
| mainCenters |
Abydos
NERFINISHED
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Buto NERFINISHED ⓘ Hierakonpolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Naqada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Predynastic Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStructure |
incipient territorial state in Upper Egypt
ⓘ
multiple competing regional polities ⓘ |
| precedes |
Early Dynastic Period of Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
First Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | gradual unification of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ |
| religion | early forms of Egyptian polytheism ⓘ |
| scholarlyStatus | modern historiographical construct ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 3200 BCE ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 4th millennium BCE ⓘ |
| uncertainty | exact sequence and number of rulers debated ⓘ |
| writingSystem | early Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.