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Packet 7: Bonus 12

James Quibell invented the term “Dynasty Zero” after poorly excavating this city. For 10 points each:
[10h] Two decorated maceheads whose catfish/chisel and scorpion symbols identify two early kings were found in what city? This city contains the most ancient tomb to have a painted mural, which depicts funerary barques.
ANSWER: Nekhen [or Hierakonpolis or nḫn or el-Kom el-Ahmar]
[10e] The so-called “0 Dynasty” ends and the First Dynasty begins with Narmer unifying these two regions. The Narmer Palette found at Hierakonpolis shows him wearing the red and white crowns of these two regions.
ANSWER: Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt [accept Upper and Lower Egypt; accept the Sedge and the Bee]
[10m] The term “00 (“zero zero”) Dynasty” was first seriously used by Edwin van der Bink for finds at Abydos, which names one of these texts that is used alongside ones named for Saqqara and Turin to reconstruct early Egyptian history.
ANSWER: king-lists [or regnal lists; accept descriptions of lists of the reigns of kings or pharaohs]
<EC, Other History> | NAFTA-Packet-7

HeardPPBE %M %H %
4312.79100%28%0%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Abbas I founded the AbbasidsUBC A0101020EM
UBC BThe Unbearable Heaviness of History Players010010E

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
2026 NAFTA at Stanford01/17/2026✓415.00100%50%0%
2026 NAFTA at UBC01/17/2026✓215.00100%50%0%
2025 NAFTA Online02/14/2026✓410.00100%0%0%
2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt02/14/2026✓313.33100%33%0%
2025 NAFTA at Toronto09/13/2025✓512.00100%20%0%
2025 NAFTA at Maryland09/27/2025✓510.00100%0%0%
2025 NAFTA at Harvard10/04/2025✓310.00100%0%0%
2025 NAFTA at Oxford10/11/2025✓415.00100%50%0%
2025 NAFTA at Chicago11/08/2025✓613.33100%33%0%
2025 NAFTA at Columbia11/08/2025✓514.00100%40%0%
2025 NAFTA at Richmond12/20/2025✓215.00100%50%0%