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.

Chronology

Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.

Preferred assertion

1600 BCE–800 BCE

Precision: range

Research description

The record centers African inland and pastoral systems rather than treating eastern Sudan only as a corridor for external trade. Archaeological groups remain analytical categories.

Evidence and sources

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