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      • The periods of the Predynastic Period are named for the regions/ancient city sites in which these artifacts were found and do not reflect the names of the cultures who actually lived in those areas.
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  1. Jan 18, 2016 · The Predynastic Period in Ancient Egypt is the time before recorded history from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic Age and on to the rise of the First Dynasty and is generally recognized as spanning the era from c. 6000-3150 BCE (though physical evidence argues for a longer history).

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  3. Aug 22, 2024 · The peoples of predynastic Egypt were the successors of the Paleolithic inhabitants of northeastern Africa, who had spread over much of its area; during wet phases they had left remains in regions as inhospitable as the Great Sand Sea.

  4. May 19, 2019 · The Predynastic Period of Ancient Egypt corresponds to the Late Neolithic (Stone Age) and covers the cultural and social changes which occurred between the late Palaeolithic period (hunter-gatherers) and the early Pharaonic era (the Early Dynastic Period).

  5. Jun 29, 2020 · The final stage of the predynastic period of Egypt, and the crucial part of its formation is the Naqada III period, also known as the Dynasty 0 or the Protodynastic Period. A further development of the preceding Naqada II, this period lasted from 3200 to 3000 BC.

  6. The Predynastic period is generally divided into cultural eras, each named after the place where a certain type of Egyptian settlement was first discovered.

  7. Predynastic Period (c. 5000–3000 B.C.E.) This period saw the rise of several powerful towns, especially Abydos, Naqada, and Nekhen (commonly called Hierakonpolis) and a possible unified southern kingdom. Hieroglyphic writing emerged, probably for administrative and ritual purposes to support the rulers of these southern towns. The earliest ...

  8. Aug 31, 2019 · The Predynastic period in Egypt is the name archaeologists have given to the 1,500 years before the emergence of the first unified Egyptian state society. By about 4500 BCE, the Nile region was occupied by cattle pastoralists ; by about 3700 BCE, the predynastic period was marked by the transition from pastoralism to a more sedentary life based ...

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