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131EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD — (c. 3100–2686 BC) The term used by Egyptologists for the period of Dynasty 1 and Dynasty 2; some also include Dynasty 3. The term Archaic Period is also used for this era. This period witnessed the development of the unitary Egyptian state;… …
132OLD BABYLONIAN PERIOD — (C. 2000–1600 B.C.) On the basis of linguistic rather than historical criteria, this period begins with the fall of the Third Dynasty of Ur, when documents began to be written again in Akkadian, until the end of the First Dynasty of Babylon.… …
