The Emerging Pharaonic State in Early Ancient Egypt: Center and Periphery vs. Multiplicity

Karen Hendrix

The cause of the rise of civilizations and its identification have long been important areas of study in a variety of related academic fields such as political theory, history, economics, anthropology and archaeology. Major contributors to the literature have been the investigators from the sciences of anthropology and archaeology. These scholars employ a collection of diverse and often intricate theoretical models to elucidate their arguments. In this paper, I shall examine the application of one such theory, namely center and periphery, to evidence from 4th millennium Egypt.

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