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The Predynastic Period (prior to 3100 BC) in Egypt marked the end of the Neolithic everywhere else. At this point Egypt was not a unified sate but rather a group of city states split into Lower and Upper kingdoms. During this time the mainstays of Egyptian culture: '''efficient farming, metal-working, centrally organized irrigation, pottery, stone-working, ceremonial and monumental architecture, elaborate burials, and long distance trade''' were established and allowed for the unification of Egypt. These 8 mainstays shaped the Egyptian culture and represented what the Egyptian Empire depended on as a mainstay is "a thing on which something else is based or depends." Along with these mainstays, Egyptians depended on the idea of divine kingship in order to guarantee that the gods were happy as there entire social system was based on pharaoh and his status as a living god. Though in the time of their development Pharaohs did not exist and Egyptian Empire had not been unified, the 8 mainstays deeply ingrained in the Egyptian culture allowed for the unification of Egypt and the creation of one of the greatest empires in the ancient world. | The Predynastic Period (prior to 3100 BC) in Egypt marked the end of the Neolithic everywhere else. At this point Egypt was not a unified sate but rather a group of city states split into Lower and Upper kingdoms. During this time the mainstays of Egyptian culture: '''efficient farming, metal-working, centrally organized irrigation, pottery, stone-working, ceremonial and monumental architecture, elaborate burials, and long distance trade''' were established and allowed for the unification of Egypt. These 8 mainstays shaped the Egyptian culture and represented what the Egyptian Empire depended on as a mainstay is "a thing on which something else is based or depends." Along with these mainstays, Egyptians depended on the idea of divine kingship in order to guarantee that the gods were happy as there entire social system was based on pharaoh and his status as a living god. Though in the time of their development Pharaohs did not exist and Egyptian Empire had not been unified, the 8 mainstays deeply ingrained in the Egyptian culture allowed for the unification of Egypt and the creation of one of the greatest empires in the ancient world. | ||
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| + | Predynastic: http://www.cemml.colostate.edu/cultural/09476/egypt02-02enl.html | ||
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| + | More Predynastic: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/article_index/a/ancient_egypt_the_predynastic.aspx | ||
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| + | Mainstays Definition: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF-8#q=mainstays+definition | ||
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The Predynastic Period (prior to 3100 BC) in Egypt marked the end of the Neolithic everywhere else. At this point Egypt was not a unified sate but rather a group of city states split into Lower and Upper kingdoms. During this time the mainstays of Egyptian culture: efficient farming, metal-working, centrally organized irrigation, pottery, stone-working, ceremonial and monumental architecture, elaborate burials, and long distance trade were established and allowed for the unification of Egypt. These 8 mainstays shaped the Egyptian culture and represented what the Egyptian Empire depended on as a mainstay is "a thing on which something else is based or depends." Along with these mainstays, Egyptians depended on the idea of divine kingship in order to guarantee that the gods were happy as there entire social system was based on pharaoh and his status as a living god. Though in the time of their development Pharaohs did not exist and Egyptian Empire had not been unified, the 8 mainstays deeply ingrained in the Egyptian culture allowed for the unification of Egypt and the creation of one of the greatest empires in the ancient world.
By: Anna-William Kornberg
Sources:
Predynastic: http://www.cemml.colostate.edu/cultural/09476/egypt02-02enl.html
More Predynastic: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/article_index/a/ancient_egypt_the_predynastic.aspx
Mainstays Definition: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF-8#q=mainstays+definition
Manual Pg. 114
