Scholars mark the beginning of the predynastic period in Egypt somewhere between 6500 and 5000 BC when farmers first moved into the Nile valley from Western Asia.
Scholars mark the beginning of the predynastic period in Egypt somewhere between 6500 and 5000 BC when farmers first moved into the Nile valley from Western Asia. Cattle farmers and active traders with Mesopotamia, Canaan, and Nubia, the predynastic Egyptians contained and nurtured the roots of dynastic Egypt.