Dynasty 0

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Dynasty 0 refers to the group of predynastic Egyptian rulers and proto-kingdoms that immediately preceded the formal unification of Egypt and the start of the First Dynasty.

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Label Occurrences
Dynasty 0 canonical 2

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical concept ⓘ
period of ancient Egyptian history ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidenceFrom Buto settlement layers ⓘ
Hierakonpolis elite cemetery ⓘ
linked to: Naqada cemetery

Umm el-Qaab necropolis ⓘ
tomb U-j at Abydos ⓘ
burialCustoms elite mastaba-like and pit tombs ⓘ
characterizedBy development of royal iconography ⓘ
emergence of regional proto-kingdoms in Upper Egypt ⓘ
increasing political centralization ⓘ
use of early hieroglyphic writing ⓘ
chronologicalStatus not part of Manetho’s traditional dynastic list ⓘ
country Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culminatesIn unification traditionally attributed to Narmer ⓘ
economy agricultural surplus along the Nile Valley ⓘ
long-distance trade with Levant and Nubia ⓘ
endTime circa 3000 BCE ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Egyptology ⓘ
follows Naqada III period ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Dynasty Zero ⓘ
Naqada III (political phase) ⓘ
linked to: Naqada III period

Protodynastic Period of Egypt ⓘ
includesRulers Crocodile (provisional name) ⓘ
Hat-Hor ⓘ
Hedjw-Hor ⓘ
Iry-Hor ⓘ
Ka (King Ka) ⓘ
linked to: King Ka

Narmer ⓘ
Ny-Hor ⓘ
Pe-Hor ⓘ
linked to: Hedjw-Hor

Scorpion II ⓘ
knownFor development of royal titulary precursors ⓘ
earliest royal tombs at Abydos ⓘ
earliest serekh inscriptions ⓘ
early use of cosmetic palettes with royal scenes ⓘ
iconography of kings smiting enemies ⓘ
mainCenters Abydos ⓘ
Buto ⓘ
Hierakonpolis ⓘ
Naqada ⓘ
partOf Predynastic Egypt ⓘ
politicalStructure incipient territorial state in Upper Egypt ⓘ
multiple competing regional polities ⓘ
precedes Early Dynastic Period of Egypt ⓘ
First Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
relatedEvent gradual unification of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
religion early forms of Egyptian polytheism ⓘ
scholarlyStatus modern historiographical construct ⓘ
startTime circa 3200 BCE ⓘ
timePeriod late 4th millennium BCE ⓘ
uncertainty exact sequence and number of rulers debated ⓘ
writingSystem early Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ

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