Fragment of an Egyptian wine jar bearing the name of King Narmer
Tel Arad, ca. 3050 BCE, pottery
Israel Antiquities Authority
The first signs of organized trade between Egypt and Canaan are seen in the late fourth millennium BCE. This trade was initiated by the rising political powers in Egypt, which, during the final phase of the Pre-Dynastic Period, founded trading colonies at a number of sites in southwestern Canaan. An official Egyptian administrative infrastructure was established at these sites around 3150 BCE, coinciding with the unification of Egypt under one ruler, the event that marks the
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