Talk:Early Dynastic Period of Egypt

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I have moved this article from Early Dynastic Period to Early Dynastic Period of Egypt for the simple reason that the terms is not exclusive to Egypt and is also used in (e.g.) Mesopotamia —Nefertum17 13:17, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Distinction between Old Kingdom and Early Dynastic

Shouldn't this article include the reasons why egyptologists draw a distinction between the Early Dynastic period and the Old Kingdom? I'm unclear on those reasons myself. There was a rise in prosperity and in the scale of constructions (pyramids), but that alone doesn't seem enough to divide the two periods. If anyone has this information, please add it. A. Parrot (talk) 04:41, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Potential copyright violation?

Several wordings in this article are highly identical with the passage "The Emergence of the Egyptian State" in The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (edited by Ian Shaw, first published in 2000, ISBN 0198150342).

From The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt	Article's latest version
With the 1st Dynasty, the focus of development shifted from south to north, and the early Egyptian state was a centrally controlled polity ruled by a (god-)king from the Memphis region. (p.64)	With the First Dynasty, the capital moved from Abydos to Memphis where an Egyptian god-king ruled a now unified polity that extended from the Nile Delta to the first cataract at Aswan.
...the Early Dynasty state that emerged in Egypt was unique and indigenous in character. It is likely that a common language, or dialects of that language, facilitated political unification, but nothing is really known about the spoken language... (p.64)	State formation in Egypt was primarily indigenous in character, and it is likely that a common language, namely Egyptian, was spoken in Upper and Lower Egypt in variant dialects, which facilitated the unification.

At this stage, I will just list out the book in the reference section. Anyone is welcome to rewrite those lines.--Onlim (talk) 06:32, 3 February 2009 (UTC)