Naqada II culture

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The Naqada II culture was a late Predynastic Egyptian archaeological culture marked by increasing social complexity, long-distance trade, and artistic developments that paved the way for the emergence of the early Egyptian state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Predynastic Egyptian culture ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gerzean culture ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Abydos ⓘ
Gerzeh ⓘ
Hierakonpolis ⓘ
Maadi region ⓘ
linked to: Maadi

Naqada ⓘ
el-Amra ⓘ
chronologicalPhase Naqada IIa ⓘ
Naqada IIb ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture

Naqada IIc ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture

Naqada IId ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture

Naqada IIe ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
country Egypt ⓘ
endTime c. 3200 BCE ⓘ
follows Naqada I culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
hasCharacteristic artistic innovation ⓘ
development of large ceremonial centers ⓘ
development of more complex burial customs ⓘ
development of regional elites ⓘ
emergence of larger tombs for elites ⓘ
emergence of proto-writing or symbolic notation ⓘ
emergence of social stratification ⓘ
evidence of warfare and conflict ⓘ
expansion of Naqada cultural traits into Lower Egypt ⓘ
expansion of long-distance trade ⓘ
growth of settlement hierarchy ⓘ
increased regional interaction within Egypt ⓘ
increased use of copper ⓘ
increased use of iconography associated with kingship ⓘ
increasing social complexity ⓘ
intensification of craft specialization ⓘ
use of cosmetic palettes ⓘ
use of decorated pottery ⓘ
use of metal objects ⓘ
use of stone vessels ⓘ
imports copper ⓘ
exotic stones ⓘ
lapis lazuli ⓘ
silver ⓘ
influences development of early Egyptian kingship ⓘ
emergence of the early Egyptian state ⓘ
iconography of early dynastic Egypt ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Nubia ⓘ
Nile Valley ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
namedAfter el-Gerza ⓘ
partOf Naqada culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
period Late Predynastic Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Predynastic Egypt
precedes Naqada III culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada III period
produces anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figurines ⓘ
decorated pottery with boat motifs ⓘ
ivory combs and wands ⓘ
maceheads ⓘ
stone cosmetic palettes with animal forms ⓘ
startTime c. 3500 BCE ⓘ
tradeWith Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Nubia ⓘ
Upper Egypt oases ⓘ
possibly Mesopotamia ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Predynastic Egypt → hasPart → Naqada II culture ⓘ
Predynastic Egypt → hasPart → Naqada III culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Predynastic Egypt → hasImportantSite → Naqada ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Hierakonpolis → flourishedAround → Naqada II period ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Badarian culture → followedBy → Naqada culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Badarian culture → influenced → Naqada I culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Maadi culture → overlapsWith → Naqada II culture ⓘ
Naqada II culture → partOf → Naqada culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Naqada II culture → follows → Naqada I culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Naqada II culture → chronologicalPhase → Naqada IIb ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Naqada II culture → chronologicalPhase → Naqada IIc ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Naqada II culture → chronologicalPhase → Naqada IId ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Naqada II culture → chronologicalPhase → Naqada IIe ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Naqada III period → partOf → Naqada culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Naqada III period → follows → Naqada II period ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Nubian A-Group culture → coexistedWith → Naqada II culture ⓘ
Naqada → hasArchaeologicalPhase → Naqada II ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Naqada archaeological area → culture → Naqada II ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Naqada cemetery → hasPeriod → Naqada II ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Gerzean culture → alsoKnownAs → Naqada II ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
el-Gerza → associatedWith → Naqada II culture ⓘ
el-Gerza → chronologicalPhase → Naqada II ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
el-Gerza → hasFinds → Naqada II pottery ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
el-Amra → associatedWithCulture → Naqada II culture ⓘ
el-Amra → hasArchaeologicalPhase → Naqada II ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Gerzeh → associatedCulture → Naqada culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Gerzeh → associatedPhase → Naqada II ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture
Thinite line of kings → associatedWith → Naqada culture ⓘ
linked to: Naqada II culture