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Frontiers and borders in the context of the formation of the Egyptian State. New insights about the administration of the Egyptian territory during the Early Dynastic Period

par Vanhulle, Dorian
Référence International Symposium "Society and Subsistence in the Prehistory of Northeastern Africa" (01- 04 July, 2019: Poznań)
Publication Non publié, 2019-07-04

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The repercussions of the emergence of kingship and of the formation of the State have necessarily been numerous. Although hardly perceptible by archaeology, it is possible to highlight various socio-political and economic phenomena directly attributable to the events that led to the birth of the Pharaonic institution. Among them are the first official delimitation of the Egyptian territory, the probable regulation of the access to the deserts, the annexation of geographical areas of economic interests, the insertion of Egypt in pre-existing exchange networks and the adoption by the first kings of new behaviours towards neighbours and economic partners. This paper aims to highlight some of these aspects thanks to the analysis of Early Dynastic rock art on the one hand and, on the other hand, of the changes that occurred in the procurement of exotic goods during the Naqada III period.