- Amratian
Amratian, or Naqada I, is an era during
Predynastic Egypt that lasted from c.4000-3500 BCE.See:
*Naqada
*Predynastic Egypt
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Amratian culture — Dynasties of Ancient Egypt Early Dynastic • 1st Dynasty (c. 3050 – 2890 BC) • 2nd Dynasty (2890 – 2686 BC) … Wikipedia
Amratian culture — ▪ ancient Egypt also called Naqādah I culture Egyptian Predynastic (Egypt, ancient) cultural phase, centred in Upper Egypt, its type site being Al ʿĀmirah near modern Abydos. Numerous sites, dating to about 3600 BCE, have been excavated… … Universalium
Amratian — /am ray sheuhn/, adj. of, pertaining to, or belonging to the predynastic Chalcolithic culture that flourished in Upper Egypt about 3800 B.C., characterized by the working of raw gold, the use of copper, and the burial of the dead in shallow… … Universalium
amratian — am·ra·tian … English syllables
amratian — (ˈ)am|rāshən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: EL Amra, site near Abydos, Egypt, its type station + English atian (as in Alsatian) : of or belonging to an aeneolithic culture of Upper Egypt characterized by semisubterranean… … Useful english dictionary
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Gerzeh culture — Dynasties of Ancient Egypt Early Dynastic • 1st Dynasty (c. 3050 – 2890 BC) • 2nd Dynasty (2890 – 2686 BC) … Wikipedia
