geography assertion · geom_egyfull_predynastic_regional_centres
Geography assertion for evt_egyfull_late_naqada_state_formation
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_polygoncoordinate status
no_geometry_intentionally_suppliedcoordinate confidence
moderatereconstruction 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
- 3300
valid to
- era
- BCE
- year
- 3050
explanation
Upper Egyptian centres and Delta nodes show staged political integration; no exact conquest boundary is defensible.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
Late Fourth Millennium BCE — Marcelo Campagno (2013)Supports named nodes, control distinctions and uncertainty.
Locator: Late fourth-millennium regional centres
Referenced records
- Hierakonpolis / Nekhen · entity
- Abydos · entity
- Naqada · entity
- Buto · entity
- Late Naqada political integration and early state formation · event