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Definition of Predynastic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Predynastic
Literary usage of Predynastic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Egypt from the End of the Neolithic Period to the Death of by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1902)
"This large group of pottery belongs, no doubt, to the end of the predynastic
period, and it is most probable that the practice of making such in Egypt ..."
2. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Sei Am S 76:80 Ag 2 '13 Egypt Antiquities Mystery of the predynastic furnace solved.
MN Buckman. 11 Scl Am S 76:101-2 AK 16 '13 Progress in Egyptian ..."
3. The Book of the Kings of Egypt: Or, The Ka, Nebti, Horus, Suten Bȧt, and Rä by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1908)
"... predynastic PERIOD. I. Kings of Upper Egypt. — Names wanting. II. Kings of
Lower Egypt :— [Name No. is wanting. ..."
4. The Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1907)
"THE predynastic PERIOD. According to Manetho, the reigns of the gods and demi-gods
lasted in Egypt about 12843 years, and according to ..."
5. Egypt in the Neolithic and Archaic Periods by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1902)
"THE fact that the ancient Egyptians of the historical period attempted to formulate
their hazy ideas concerning the predynastic period of their history and ..."
6. Ancient Records of Egypt: Historical Documents from the Earliest Times to by James Henry Breasted (1906)
"2 and 3, following directly upon the predynastic kings; 11. 4 and 5 contained
the Second Dynasty; there is some uncertainty about the disposition of reigns ..."