Ancient Egypt Before Writing

Introduction

An investigation is made here of a marking and counting system used in Ancient Egypt similar to the one existing in Mesopotamia, during the fourth millennium BCE. The archaeological model indicates that, this development was crucial to the invention of writing and to social stratification in both Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. This fact was corroborated by archaeological analysis of the areas, indicating a very early state formation at the beginning of the Middle Uruk Period in Mesopotamia, which corresponded to the Predynastic Period in Egypt. A correlation is made here of proto-signs from both areas, Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, which was probably used for long-range trade between both regions.