Badari culture (5500 BC) in the upper Egypt,
agriculture and animal husbandry, and
identifiable by their pottery and personal items,
such as combs, bracelets, and beads.
high quality ceramics, stone tools, and its use of
copper.
Predynastic Egyptian Culture
A typical Naqada II jar
decorated with gazelles.
Naqada culture (4000 BC)
Imported obsidian from Ethiopia, used to
shape blades and other objects from flakes.
developed from a few small farming
communities into a powerful civilization whose
leaders were in complete control of the people and
resources of the Nile valley.
expanded their control of Egypt
northwards along the Nile.