单词 | predynastic |
释义 | > as lemmaspredynastic predynastic adj. Brit. /ˌpriːdᵻˈnastɪk/ , /ˌpriːdʌɪˈnastɪk/ , U.S. /ˌpriˌdaɪˈnæstɪk/ , /ˌpridəˈnæstɪk/ existing before a recognized dynasty or dynasties, esp. before the dynasties of ancient Egypt.ΚΠ 1898 Daily News 14 Sept. 6/3 The Libyan stock..can now safely be assigned to the pre-Dynastic stock, about 5000 b.c., and even earlier. 1947 D. Diringer Alphabet i. 41 The earliest extant written cuneiform documents.., belonging to the ‘Uruk Period’ of the Mesopotamian pre-dynastic period, are couched in a crude pictographic script. 2008 J. Thompson Hist. Egypt i. 9 By the beginning of the Predynastic Period around the end of the sixth millennium bc, most of Egypt's population had moved to the Nile Valley. < as lemmas |
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