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Similar to the Ubaid and Uruk cultures, the Naqada culture (4400-3000 BC) succeeds the Badarian culture and social stratification appears to accelerate where differences in grave sizes and richer graves are evident some graves.<ref>For information on the Naqada culture, see: Bard, Kathryn A. 2007. ''Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt''. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub.</ref> It is also in this period that writing first develops in Egypt, where individuals of high status appear to have written symbols or tags associated with their graves, perhaps serving as personal name indicators or status symbols.
[[File:112307-BritishMuseum-Badari.jpg|thumbnail|180px|Figure 2. An object found in a Badarian grave, which can be used to distinguish differences between graves and burial goods]]
==Spread of Social Inequality==
