Predynastic Period

(5464 - 3414 B.C.E.)

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The Predynastic Period can be best characterized by the evolutionary nature of the hunter-gatherers departing from the Neolithic to form a variant of an agricultural/farming society. This period also shows great technological, religious, funerary and social life advances toward a village grouping society on the verge of a city-state organization.

The beginning of the urban city, writing, trading with other cultures, ornamental pottery and a strong belief in the afterlife were formed and strengthened during this period. Food was also plentiful. Animals such as dogs, goats, sheep, cattle, geese and pigs had been domesticated. As time went by,, the main constituents of civilization of unified Egypt were gradually introduced during the this period.



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