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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Dynasty 0 canonical 2

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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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