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RELATIVE TIME PERIOD: Succeeds the Upper Egypt Predynastic and Lower Egypt Predynastic traditions, precedes the historic (Dynastic) period.
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Proussakov, D. (2001). Early Dynastic Egypt. In: Peregrine, P.N., Ember, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1193-9_5
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