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Egypt (former nation/state/empire) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 11 42 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.1952 decimal degrees |
| Long: 029 54 35 E degrees minutes |
Long: 29.9098 decimal degrees |
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Note: Egypt produced one of the principal civilizations of the ancient Middle East. With Mesopotamia, it was one of the earliest literate, urban societies. It provided a critical influence on ancient Israel, ancient Greece, and other cultures, which in turn influenced civilizations of the modern Western world. Egypt was the earliest advanced civilization in Africa and probably influenced the development of other African cultures. Egypt was home to Neolithic cultures by 6000 BCE; Thinite dynasty united Upper and Lower Egypt ca. 3100 BCE; on the path of Alexander the Great; Ptolemaic kingdom by 240 BCE; was an important Hellenistic center; then part of the Roman Empire until the Arab conquest in 640, then it was Mameluk and Ottoman. The ancient land was commonly discussed as having two regions based on the color of the soil, Black Land (Kermit) and Red Land (Deshret). |
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| Egypt (ancient) (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
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............ | name ultimately derived from ancient name Hwt-ka-Ptah |
| Ancient Egypt (C,V)
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| Hwt-ka-Ptah (C,V)
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............ | meaning house of Ptah |
| Kermit (C,V)
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| Kemet (C,V)
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| Kmt (C,V)
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| Ancient Egyptian (C,V)
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| Egypt (Roman province) (C,U,English)
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| Ägypten (römische Provinz) (C,U,German)
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| Egipto (provincia romana) (C,U,Spanish)
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| Egitto (provincia romana) (C,U,Italian)
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| Égypte (province romaine) (C,U,French)
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| Aegyptus (H,V)
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............ | Roman name |
| Aigyptos (H,V)
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............ | name used by Homer (7th cen. BC) as the name of the Nile & the land through which it flowed |
| Egypt, ancient (H,O,display,English,U,N)
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| Kem (H,V)
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............ | meaning "darkness" or "black," referring to black silt; ancient name for the area around the Nile |
| Kemi (H,V)
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Egypt (former nation/state/empire) (P) |
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Egypt (former nation/state/empire) |
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Egypt (former nation/state/empire) (P,H) until 642 CE |
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| former nation/state/empire (preferred, C) |
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| historical region (C) |
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| kingdom (H) |
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| province (H) |
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| first level subdivision (H) |
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| former administrative division (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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Miṣr .......... (nation) |
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(World, Africa) [7016833] |
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area of the modern nation was the core of the ancient kingdom of Egypt |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Ägypten (römische Provinz).......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 8378475 |
| Kemet.......... |
[VP] |
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BBCi [online] (2001) "Ancient History: Egyptians," accessed 23 August 2006 |
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