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The Political Unification of Egypt in the Naqada Period (about 3800 - 3000 BC)

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There are two main proposals about the political development in the Naqada Period

1. The Naqada culture was always a political united state

background information

see the the expansion of the Naqada culture in Egypt

Kaiser 1990

2. The Naqada culture covered areas each with their own ruler.

The proposed (city) states in Naqada Period I-III:

background information

 

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Naqada I

 

 

 

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Naqada II

 

 


Early
Naqada III

 

Late
Naqada III

 

 

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First Dynasty

 

 

The single stages of the Naqada cultures are defined by the pottery

 


 

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