Based on these latest studies, it seems that Egypt had an acceleration to kingship from an agricultural society... "Until now, the chronology of the earliest days of Egypt has been based on rough estimates. With no written records from this very early period, a timeline has been based on the evolving styles of ceramics unearthed from human burial sites. Now though, scientists have used radiocarbon dating of excavated hair, bones and plants, with established archaeological evidence and computer models to pinpoint when the ancient state came into existence. Previous records suggested the pre-Dynastic period, a time when early groups began to settle along the Nile and farm the land, began in 4000BC. But the new analysis revealed this process started later, between 3700 or 3600BC. The team found that just a few hundred years later, by about 3100BC, society had transformed to one ruled by a king. "This is interesting when one compares it with other places. In Mesopotamia, for example, you have agriculture for several thousand years before you have anything like a state." "The study also has ramifications for the earlier pre-Dynastic period, allowing us to better understand these key periods of transition."" bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23947820
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