book chapter
The early dynasties
Early Egypt : the rise of civilisation in the Nile Valley • London • Published In 1993 • Pages: 63-97
By: Spencer, A. Jeffrey.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Spencer discusses the first two dynasties. He explains that '…the transition from the Late Predynatic Period into the First Dynasty now appears to have been a far less dramatic event than was previously supposed. Rather than a sudden conquest … a picture emerges of the steady percolation of the authority of the Upper Egyptian Predynastic rulers to extend over the whole country.' (page 63). Spencer discusses the early kings and queen of the first two dynasties and the texts where they are mentioned. The graves of both poor and rich are described along with the royal tombs and cenotaphs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Mnemonic devices
- Writing
- Miscellaneous structures
- Chief executive
- Burial practices and funerals
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Dynastic Egypt
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 5100 BP- 4686 BP (3100 B.C.- 2686 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- A.J. Spencer
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94144715
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Egypt--Antiquities/Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.