NMC101H1 Midterm: Midterm Readings - Textbook.docx
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From prehistory to history: late predynastic artefacts and the palermo stone _______________________________ 2. King-lists, royal titles and the divine kingship ____________________________________________________________________ 3. The role of astronomy in traditional egyptian chronology ______________________________________________________ 5. Dark ages and other chronological problems _______________________________________________________________________ 5. Chapter 2 prehistory: from the palaeolithic to the badarian culture (c. 700,000 4,000 bc) ____ 7. Chapter 3: the naqada period (c. 4,000 3,200 bc) ______________________________________________________ 8. Chapter 4: the emergence of the egyptian state (3,200 2,686 bc) __________________________________ 12. The tombs of high officials at north saqqara and elsewhere __________________________________________________ 15. Expansion of the early state into southern palestine and nubia _______________________________________________ 15. The invention and use of writing ____________________________________________________________________________________ 15. Chapter 5: the old kingdom (c. 2,686 2,160) __________________________________________________________ 19. Chronological considerations and the main characteristics of the period ____________________________________ 19. Large-scale building projects as catalysts of change _____________________________________________________________ 19. The 4th dynasty (2,613 2,494 bc) __________________________________________________________________________________ 20. The old kingdom economy and administration __________________________________________________________________ 21.
