Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.

Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.

Geography and uncertainty

geometry type

dated_network_or_control_assertion_without_polygon

coordinate status

no_geometry_intentionally_supplied

coordinate confidence

high

reconstruction method

Evidence-linked network of named centres and relationship types. No polygon is supplied because a fixed defensible boundary is unavailable.

valid from

era
BCE
year
2686

valid to

era
BCE
year
2181

explanation

Pyramid complexes, estates, provincial offices, ports and expedition routes form a changing administrative network rather than one permanent polygon.

uncertainty warning

Not a modern state border. Direct administration, claim, military reach, tribute, settlement and uncertainty are kept distinct.

Evidence and sources

  • supports · supports geographic assertion
    Estates (Old Kingdom) — Juan Carlos Moreno García (2008)

    Supports named nodes, control distinctions and uncertainty.


    Locator: Old Kingdom estates and provincial administration

Where to go next

Referenced records