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Egyptian Timeline - The Early Days |
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Circa 4400 - 4000 BC |
Badarian
culture, unique for their thin-walled, rippled-surface pottery,
flourishes in Upper Egypt. The Badarians practice agriculture
and domesticate sheep and goats.
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Circa 4000 - 3500 BC |
The
Amratian (Naqada I) society of Upper Egypt shows embryonic signs
of the hierarchical structure of pharaonic civilization.
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Circa 3500 - 3200 BC |
First
indication of the wrapping of bodies in strips of cloth, a type
of early mummification.
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Circa 3200 BC |
Hieroglyphic script first developed. | ||
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Circa 3000 BC |
Upper
and Lower Egypt are unified, ushering in the Early Dynastic Period.
Egypt's capital is at Memphis.
First use of basin irrigation. Irrigation increases the amount of farmed land and yield. |
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