A Guided Tour: The Prehistory of Egypt
(prehistory covers the time before written records)
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from about 100 000 BC there is evidence for people
living on the area of Egypt
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archaeologists use the term Neolithic to refer to cultures still
using stone tools (rather than metal), but already involved in agriculture;
one of the oldest Neolithic cultures in Egypt is the so called |
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the people of the Fayum Neolithic culture already
produced pottery
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the people of the Fayum Neolithic culture did not
use metal,
all tools and weapons are made from stone or bones |
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the first important culture in Upper
Egypt, is known as the Badarian culture (about 4000 BC), the people
of the Badarian culture lived in small villages
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the people of the Badarian culture already knew metal:
a few copper objects have been found |
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the dead in the Badarian culture were buried in simple
pits, sometimes wrapped in matting or animal skins
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the typical pottery of the Badarian culture is black-topped
red burnished ware
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the people of the Badarian cultures used for the first
time faience and glazed materials
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the Naqada culture (about 4000 - 3000 BC) is named
after the extensive site near Naqada in Upper
Egypt
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Naqada is one of the earliest towns in Egypt
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archaeologists divide the Naqada culture into several
distinct phases according to marked changes in pottery style
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besides copper the people of the Naqada culture already
used gold and silver-rich gold (electrum)
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new forms of artistic expression are found in the
Naqada culture
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the people of the Naqada culture already had many
relations to other cultures
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some archaeologists think that the Naqada culture
was already a single political unit; other think that it was divided
in several city states
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towards the end of the Naqada Period
writing was introduced in Egypt |
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the earliest examples of writing are mainly names
of kings: the sequence of kings provide the formal basis for dividing
Egyptian history from this point on
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the First Dynasty sees an increase in monumental building,
art and technology
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a guided tour for the First and Second Dynasty
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