ANTH 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Badari Culture, Giza Plateau, Santa Barbara City College
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Upper egypt where the nile flows from. Domesticates appear to have been introduced from the northeast with the possible exception of cattle. Early dynastic (3,000-2,575 bc) - dynasties 1-3. Based at hierakonpolis and abydos in middle egypt; upper and lower egypt. Abydos royal cemetery with tomb enclosures. Old kingdom (2,575-2,134 bc) - dynasties 3-8. Snefru (dynasty 4) meidum and dashur. Khufu, menkaure, khafre (cheops, and cepheren) (dynasty 4) giza. Rule shifts to memphis, outside of cairo. Memphis ceases to function as administrative capital. Ramses and the pharaohs of the exodus. Period of international empires and international trade. Heretic king; shifted the religion of egypt; described as monotheistic; moves. Mineral resources in the eastern desert and sinai. Bureaucratic control of crops from harvest to rationing. Labour organized into phyles divided into divisions. By the new kingdom, there is clear evidence for traders, craftsmen, as well as. Martial art style becomes prominent in the middle and new kingdoms.
