HIST 106 Lecture 5: Lecture Notes - Ancient Egypt Pre-Early Dynastic
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Geographically isolated which lead to political unity. As compared to mesopotamia, which was at the center of three continents, lead. Ancient egypt derived from a river valley to political disunity. The nile river was extremely predictable in its flooding. The river flows northward to the delta. Egypt was divided into 42 nomes (counties) 22 in upper, 20 in lower uninhabitable. Very optimistic in outlook of life and afterlife. Viewed themselves as the most blessed on earth. 5500 bc - believed beginning of settling in egypt. There is a naqada i, naqada ii, and naqada iii. Naqada ii begins to have dams and dikes, water storage. Each city was named after a deity. Tombs in naqada ii were decorated with lapis lazuli, a rich blue stone. Buried people in one-story temples called mastabas. Upper and lower egypt were two different kingdoms. End of naqada iii begins the early dynastic period (around 3300 bc)
