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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%84%D9%89" title="مصر السفلى – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مصر السفلى" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%9Fa%C4%9F%C4%B1_Misir" title="Aşağı Misir – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Aşağı Misir" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%92_Ai-ki%CC%8Dp" title="Ē Ai-ki̍p – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Ē Ai-ki̍p" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Долен Египет – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Долен Египет" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donji_Egipat" title="Donji Egipat – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Donji Egipat" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goueled_Egipt" title="Goueled Egipt – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Goueled Egipt" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baix_Egipte" title="Baix Egipte – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Baix Egipte" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doln%C3%AD_Egypt" title="Dolní Egypt – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Dolní Egypt" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unter%C3%A4gypten" title="Unterägypten – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Unterägypten" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%89_%CE%91%CE%AF%CE%B3%CF%85%CF%80%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Κάτω Αίγυπτος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κάτω Αίγυπτος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajo_Egipto" title="Bajo Egipto – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bajo Egipto" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalta_Egiptio" title="Malalta Egiptio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Malalta Egiptio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egipto_Beherea" title="Egipto Beherea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Egipto Beherea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%84%DB%8C" title="مصر سفلی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مصر سفلی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basse-%C3%89gypte" title="Basse-Égypte – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Basse-Égypte" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_%C3%89igipt_%C3%8Dochtarach" title="An Éigipt Íochtarach – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="An Éigipt Íochtarach" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baixo_Exipto" title="Baixo Exipto – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Baixo Exipto" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%98%EC%9D%B4%EC%A7%91%ED%8A%B8" title="하이집트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="하이집트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donji_Egipat" title="Donji Egipat – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Donji Egipat" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesir_Hilir" title="Mesir Hilir – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Mesir Hilir" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geografia_dell%27antico_Egitto#Basso_Egitto" title="Geografia dell'antico Egitto – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Geografia dell'antico Egitto" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%97%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94" title="מצרים התחתונה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מצרים התחתונה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A5%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94" title="ქვემო ეგვიპტე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ქვემო ეგვიპტე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegyptus_inferior" title="Aegyptus inferior – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Aegyptus inferior" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDemutinis_Egiptas" title="Žemutinis Egiptas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Žemutinis Egiptas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Als%C3%B3-Egyiptom" title="Alsó-Egyiptom – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Alsó-Egyiptom" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Долен Египет – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Долен Египет" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejipta_Ambany" title="Ejipta Ambany – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Ejipta Ambany" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%84%D9%89" title="مصر السفلى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مصر السفلى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesir_Hilir" title="Mesir Hilir – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Mesir Hilir" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neder-Egypte" title="Neder-Egypte – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Neder-Egypte" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B8%E3%83%97%E3%83%88" title="下エジプト – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="下エジプト" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedre_Egypt" title="Nedre Egypt – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Nedre Egypt" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolny_Egipt" title="Dolny Egipt – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Dolny Egipt" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baixo_Egito" title="Baixo Egito – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Baixo Egito" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egiptul_de_Jos" title="Egiptul de Jos – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Egiptul de Jos" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Нижний Египет – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Нижний Египет" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%85_%E0%B6%8A%E0%B6%A2%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%80" title="පහළ ඊජිප්තුව – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="පහළ ඊජිප්තුව" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Egypt" title="Lower Egypt – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Lower Egypt" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spodnji_Egipt" title="Spodnji Egipt – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Spodnji Egipt" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%9A%D0%B8_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82" title="Доњи Египат – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Доњи Египат" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donji_Egipat" title="Donji Egipat – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Donji Egipat" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala-Egypti" title="Ala-Egypti – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ala-Egypti" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedre_Egypten" title="Nedre Egypten – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Nedre Egypten" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81" title="கீழ் எகிப்து – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="கீழ் எகிப்து" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87" 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href="/wiki/File:All_Gizah_Pyramids.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/All_Gizah_Pyramids.jpg/140px-All_Gizah_Pyramids.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/All_Gizah_Pyramids.jpg/210px-All_Gizah_Pyramids.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/All_Gizah_Pyramids.jpg/280px-All_Gizah_Pyramids.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4372" data-file-height="2906" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0; border-bottom:#aaa 1px solid;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Egypt" title="Prehistoric Egypt">Prehistoric Egypt</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none;background:#F2E4C3"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Egypt#Neolithic_to_Proto-Dynastic" title="Prehistoric Egypt">Predynastic Period</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">6000–3000 BC</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0; border-bottom:#aaa 1px solid;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/History_of_ancient_Egypt" title="History of ancient Egypt">Ancient Egypt</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none;background: #E6FFF2"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Early_Dynastic_Period_(Egypt)" title="Early Dynastic Period (Egypt)">Early Dynastic Period</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">3150–2686 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Old_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Old Kingdom of Egypt">Old Kingdom</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">2686–2181 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/First_Intermediate_Period_of_Egypt" title="First Intermediate Period of Egypt">1st Intermediate Period</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">2181–2055 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Middle_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Middle Kingdom of Egypt">Middle Kingdom</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">2055–1650 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Second_Intermediate_Period_of_Egypt" title="Second Intermediate Period of Egypt">2nd Intermediate Period</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">1650–1550 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/New_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="New Kingdom of Egypt">New Kingdom</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">1550–1069 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Third_Intermediate_Period_of_Egypt" title="Third Intermediate Period of Egypt">3rd Intermediate Period</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">1069–664 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Late_Period_of_ancient_Egypt" title="Late Period of ancient Egypt">Late Period</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">664–332 BC</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0; border-bottom:#aaa 1px solid;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Greco-Roman Egypt</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none;background: #F2FFE6"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Argead_dynasty" title="Argead dynasty">Argead dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">332–310 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a 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in the Middle Ages">Medieval Egypt</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none;background: #F2E6FF"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Rashidun_Caliphate" title="Rashidun Caliphate">Rashidun caliphate</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">641–661</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate" title="Umayyad Caliphate">Umayyad caliphate</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">661–750</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">750–935</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Tulunids" title="Tulunids">Tulunid dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">868–905</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Ikhshidid_dynasty" title="Ikhshidid dynasty">Ikhshidid dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">935–969</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Fatimid_Caliphate" title="Fatimid Caliphate">Fatimid dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">969–1171</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Ayyubid_dynasty" title="Ayyubid dynasty">Ayyubid dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">1171–1250</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Mamluk_Sultanate" title="Mamluk Sultanate">Mamluk dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">1250–1517</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0; border-bottom:#aaa 1px solid;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Early_modern_period" title="Early modern period">Early modern</a> Egypt</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none;background: #FFFACD"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Egypt" title="Ottoman Egypt">Ottoman Egypt</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">1517–1867</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/French_campaign_in_Egypt_and_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="French campaign in Egypt and Syria">French occupation</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">1798–1801</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/History_of_Egypt_under_the_Muhammad_Ali_dynasty" title="History of Egypt under the Muhammad Ali dynasty">Muhammad Ali dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; color:#666;padding-right:0.2em;">1805–1953</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.2em;"> <a href="/wiki/Khedivate_of_Egypt" title="Khedivate of Egypt">Khedivate of Egypt</a></td><td style="text-align:right;white-space:nowrap; 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href="/wiki/Before_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Before Christ">BC</a></div></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Early_Dynastic_Period_(Egypt)" title="Early Dynastic Period (Egypt)">Early</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="nowrap" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Egypt" title="Prehistoric Egypt">Pre-dynastic period</a></td><td style="width:1.3em;text-align:center;"></td><td style="text-align:right;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/First_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="First Dynasty of Egypt">First Dynasty</a></td><td style="width:1.3em;text-align:center;"> I</td><td style="text-align:right;"> <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 3150–2890</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Second_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Second Dynasty of Egypt">Second Dynasty</a></td><td style="width:1.3em;text-align:center;"> II</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 2890–2686</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Old_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Old Kingdom of Egypt">Old Kingdom</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="nowrap" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Third_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Third Dynasty of Egypt">Third Dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:center;"> III</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 2686–2613</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Fourth Dynasty of Egypt">Fourth Dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:center;"> IV</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 2613–2498</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Fifth Dynasty of Egypt">Fifth Dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:center;"> V</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 2498–2345</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Sixth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Sixth Dynasty of Egypt">Sixth Dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:center;"> VI</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 2345–2181</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a 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IX</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 2160–2130</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Tenth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Tenth Dynasty of Egypt">Tenth Dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:center;"> X</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 2130–2040</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> Early <a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt">Eleventh Dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:center;"> XI</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 2134–2061</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Middle_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Middle Kingdom of Egypt">Middle Kingdom</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="nowrap" 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Kingdom</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="nowrap" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt">Eighteenth Dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:center;"> XVIII</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1549–1292</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Nineteenth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt">Nineteenth Dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:center;"> XIX</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1292–1189</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt">Twentieth Dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:center;"> XX</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1189–1077</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Third_Intermediate_Period_of_Egypt" title="Third Intermediate Period of Egypt">Third Intermediate</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="nowrap" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Twenty-first_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt">Twenty-first Dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:center;"> XXI</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 1069–945</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Twenty-second_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt">Twenty-second Dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:center;"> XXII</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 945–720</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Twenty-third_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt">Twenty-third Dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:center;"> XXIII</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 837–728</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Twenty-fourth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt">Twenty-fourth Dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:center;"> XXIV</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 732–720</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt">Twenty-fifth Dynasty</a> (<a href="/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt">Nubian</a>)</td><td style="text-align:center;"> XXV</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 732–653</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Late_Period_of_ancient_Egypt" title="Late Period of ancient Egypt">Late Period</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="nowrap" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Twenty-sixth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt">Twenty-sixth Dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:center;"> XXVI</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 672–525</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Twenty-seventh_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt">Twenty-seventh Dynasty<br />(1st Persian Period)</a></div></td><td style="text-align:center;"> XXVII</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 525–404</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Twenty-eighth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt">Twenty-eighth Dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:center;"> XXVIII</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 404–398</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Twenty-ninth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt">Twenty-ninth Dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:center;"> XXIX</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 398–380</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Thirtieth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt">Thirtieth Dynasty</a></td><td style="text-align:center;"> XXX</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 380–343</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td 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Pharaohs)</a></div></td><td style="text-align:center;"> XXXIV</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 30 BC – 313 AD</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine Egypt">Byzantine Egypt</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="nowrap" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:58%;text-align:left;"> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Roman_pharaoh#History" title="Roman pharaoh">Thirty-fifth Dynasty</a><br />(<i>speculated</i>)</div></td><td style="text-align:center;"> XXXV</td><td style="text-align:right;"> 379 AD – 641 AD</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below" style="border:none;padding-top:0;font-weight:normal;"> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">See also: <i><a href="/wiki/Template:Pharaohs" title="Template:Pharaohs">List of pharaohs by period and dynasty</a></i><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Periodization_of_ancient_Egypt" title="Periodization of ancient Egypt">Periodization of ancient Egypt</a></i></div></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Ancient_Egypt_dynasties_sidebar" title="Template:Ancient Egypt dynasties sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Ancient_Egypt_dynasties_sidebar" title="Template talk:Ancient Egypt dynasties sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Ancient_Egypt_dynasties_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Ancient Egypt dynasties sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lower Egypt</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">مصر السفلى</span> <i><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Miṣr as-Suflā</i></span></i>; <a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic</a>: <span lang="cop">ⲧⲥⲁϧⲏⲧ</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Coptic-language romanization"><i lang="cop-Latn">Tsakhet</i></span>) is the northernmost <a href="/wiki/Region" title="Region">region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, which consists of the fertile <a href="/wiki/Nile_Delta" title="Nile Delta">Nile Delta</a> between <a href="/wiki/Upper_Egypt" title="Upper Egypt">Upper Egypt</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a>, from El Aiyat, south of modern-day <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dahshur" title="Dahshur">Dahshur</a>. Historically, the Nile River split into seven branches of the delta in Lower Egypt. Lower Egypt was divided into <a href="/wiki/Nome_(Egypt)" title="Nome (Egypt)">nomes</a> and began to advance as a civilization after 3600 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-Roebuck1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roebuck1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, it contains two major channels that flow through the delta of the Nile River – <a href="/wiki/Mahmoudiyah_Canal" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahmoudiyah Canal">Mahmoudiyah Canal</a> (ancient Agathos Daimon) and Muways Canal (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">بحر موَيس</span>, "waterway of Moses"). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lower_Egypt&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_language" title="Egyptian language">Ancient Egyptian</a>, Lower Egypt was known as <i>mḥw</i> which means "north".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later on, during <a href="/wiki/Classical_antiquity" title="Classical antiquity">Antiquity</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greeks_in_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Greeks in Egypt">Greeks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Romans</a> called it <i>Κάτω Αἴγυπτος</i> or <i>Aegyptus Inferior</i> both meaning "Lower Egypt", but <a href="/wiki/Copts" title="Copts">Copts</a> carried on using the old name related to the north – <i>Tsakhet</i> (<a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic</a>: <span lang="cop">ⲧⲥⲁϧⲏⲧ</span>) or <i>Psanemhit</i> (<a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic</a>: <span lang="cop">ⲡⲥⲁⲛⲉⲙϩⲓⲧ</span>) meaning the "Northern part". It was further divided into a number of regions or <a href="/wiki/Nome_(Egypt)" title="Nome (Egypt)">nomes</a> (<a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic</a>: <span lang="cop">ⲡⲧⲟϣ</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Coptic-language romanization"><i lang="cop-Latn">ptosh</i></span>) – <i>Niphaiat</i> (<a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic</a>: <span lang="cop">ⲛⲓⲫⲁⲓⲁⲧ</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'Libyan (nome)', <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Μαρεωτης</span>) in the west, <i>Tiarabia</i> (<a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic</a>: <span lang="cop">ϯⲁⲣⲁⲃⲓⲁ</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'Arabia') in the east, <i>Nimeshshoti</i> (<a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic</a>: <span lang="cop">ⲛⲓⲙⲉϣϣⲟϯ</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'fields') in the north-east and <i><a href="/wiki/Bashmur" title="Bashmur">Bashmur</a></i> (Bashmuric <a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic</a>: <span lang="cop">ⲡⲥⲁⲙⲏⲣ</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'sand shore') in the north. <a href="/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Champollion" title="Jean-François Champollion">Champollion</a> adds another region in the middle of the Delta which he calls <i>Petmour</i> (<a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic</a>: <span lang="cop">ⲡⲉⲧⲙⲟⲩⲣ</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'the one which bounds, girds')<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> based on <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Πτιμυρις</span> mentioned by <a href="/wiki/Stephanus_of_Byzantium" title="Stephanus of Byzantium">Stephanus of Byzantium</a>, but it is unclear if this is a separate region or just a Greek rendering of the name Bashmur.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> After the <a href="/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim conquest of Egypt">Muslim conquest</a>, the middle part of the Delta was called al-Rif (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">الريف</span>) which means "countryside, rural area" and which is derived from <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_language" title="Egyptian language">Ancient Egyptian</a> </p><table class="mw-hiero-table mw-hiero-outer" dir="ltr"><tbody><tr><td> <table class="mw-hiero-table"><tbody><tr> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_D21.png?9bfb9" height="11" title="D21 [r]" alt="r" /><br /><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_Z1.png?4dc06" height="16" title="Z1" alt="Z1" /></td> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_O1.png?39788" height="16" title="O1 [pr]" alt="pr" /> <img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_Z1.png?4dc06" height="16" title="Z1" alt="Z1" /><br /><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_O49.png?dd778" height="18" title="O49 [niwt]" alt="niwt" /></td> </tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>r-pr</i>, "temple", because the rural areas were administered by them.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The eastern part roughly comprising the ancient Tiarabia was called al-Hawf (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">الهوف</span>) meaning "edge, fringe".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lower_Egypt&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Today, there are two principal channels that the <a href="/wiki/Nile" title="Nile">Nile</a> takes through the <a href="/wiki/River" title="River">river</a> delta: one in the west at <a href="/wiki/Rosetta" title="Rosetta">Rashid</a> and one in the east at <a href="/wiki/Damietta" title="Damietta">Damietta</a>. </p><p>The delta region is well watered, crisscrossed by <a href="/wiki/Channel_(geography)" title="Channel (geography)">channels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canal" title="Canal">canals</a>. </p><p>Owing primarily to its proximity to the Mediterranean Sea, the climate in Lower Egypt is milder than that of <a href="/wiki/Upper_Egypt" title="Upper Egypt">Upper Egypt</a>, the southern portion of the country. Temperatures are less extreme and rainfall is more abundant in Lower Egypt. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lower_Egypt&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was divided into twenty districts called <a href="/wiki/Nome_(Egypt)" title="Nome (Egypt)">nomes</a>, the first of which was at <a href="/wiki/El-Lisht" class="mw-redirect" title="El-Lisht">el-Lisht</a>. Because Lower Egypt was mostly undeveloped <a href="/wiki/Scrubland" class="mw-redirect" title="Scrubland">scrubland</a>, filled with all types of plant life such as grasses and <a href="/wiki/Herbs" class="mw-redirect" title="Herbs">herbs</a>, the organization of the <i>nomes</i> underwent several changes. </p><p>The capital of Lower Egypt was <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt" title="Memphis, Egypt">Memphis</a>. Its patron goddess was the goddess <a href="/wiki/Wadjet" title="Wadjet">Wadjet</a>, depicted as a cobra. Lower Egypt was represented by the Red Crown <i><a href="/wiki/Deshret" title="Deshret">Deshret</a></i>, and its symbols were the papyrus and the bee. After unification, the patron deities of both Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt were represented together as the <i><a href="/wiki/Two_Ladies" title="Two Ladies">Two Ladies</a></i>, Wadjet and <a href="/wiki/Nekhbet" title="Nekhbet">Nekhbet</a> (depicted as a vulture), to protect all of the ancient Egyptians. </p><p>By approximately 3600 BC, Neolithic Egyptian societies along the <a href="/wiki/Nile_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Nile River">Nile River</a> had based their culture on the raising of crops and the domestication of animals.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly after 3600 BC, Egyptian society began to grow and advance rapidly toward refined civilization.<sup id="cite_ref-Roebuck1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roebuck1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A new and distinctive pottery, which was related to the <a href="/wiki/Syro-Palestinian_archaeology#Ceramics_analysis" class="mw-redirect" title="Syro-Palestinian archaeology">pottery in the Southern Levant</a>, appeared during this time. Extensive use of copper became common during this time.<sup id="cite_ref-Roebuck1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roebuck1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia">Mesopotamian</a> process of <a href="/wiki/Mudbrick" title="Mudbrick">sun-dried bricks</a>, and architectural building principles—including the use of the arch and recessed walls for decorative effect—became popular during this time.<sup id="cite_ref-Roebuck1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roebuck1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Concurrent with these cultural advances, a process of unification of the societies and towns of the upper Nile River, or <a href="/wiki/Upper_Egypt" title="Upper Egypt">Upper Egypt</a>, occurred. At the same time, the societies of the <a href="/wiki/Nile_Delta" title="Nile Delta">Nile Delta</a>, or Lower Egypt also underwent a unification process.<sup id="cite_ref-Roebuck1_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roebuck1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Warfare between Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt occurred often.<sup id="cite_ref-Roebuck1_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roebuck1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his reign in Upper Egypt, King <a href="/wiki/Narmer" title="Narmer">Narmer</a> defeated his enemies in the Delta and merged the kingdoms of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt under his single rule.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_kings_of_the_Predynastic_Period_of_Lower_Egypt">List of kings of the Predynastic Period of Lower Egypt</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lower_Egypt&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of kings of the Predynastic Period of Lower Egypt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Palermo_stone" class="mw-redirect" title="Palermo stone">Palermo stone</a>, a royal annal written in the mid Fifth Dynasty (c. 2490 BC – c. 2350 BC) records a number of kings reigning over Lower Egypt before <a href="/wiki/Narmer" title="Narmer">Narmer</a>. These are completely unattested outside these inscriptions: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hsekiu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hsekiu">Hsekiu</a><sup id="cite_ref-breasted36_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breasted36-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Khayu" class="mw-redirect" title="Khayu">Khayu</a><sup id="cite_ref-breasted36_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breasted36-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiu_(pharaoh)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiu (pharaoh)">Tiu</a><sup id="cite_ref-breasted36_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breasted36-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Thesh">Thesh</a><sup id="cite_ref-breasted36_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breasted36-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Neheb" class="mw-redirect" title="Neheb">Neheb</a><sup id="cite_ref-breasted36_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breasted36-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wazner" class="mw-redirect" title="Wazner">Wazner</a><sup id="cite_ref-breasted36_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breasted36-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mekh" class="mw-redirect" title="Mekh">Mekh</a><sup id="cite_ref-breasted36_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breasted36-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>(destroyed)<sup id="cite_ref-breasted36_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breasted36-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>In contrast, the following kings are attested through archeological finds from Sinai and Lower Egypt: <a href="/wiki/Double_Falcon" title="Double Falcon">Double Falcon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crocodile_(pharaoh)" title="Crocodile (pharaoh)">Crocodile</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_nomes">List of nomes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lower_Egypt&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: List of nomes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Number</th> <th>Egyptian Name</th> <th>Capital</th> <th>Modern name of capital site</th> <th>English Translation</th> <th>God </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inebu-hedj" title="Inebu-hedj">Inebu-hedj</a></td> <td>Ineb Hedj / Men-nefer / Menfe (<a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt" title="Memphis, Egypt">Memphis</a>)</td> <td>Mit Rahina</td> <td>White Walls</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ptah" title="Ptah">Ptah</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khensu_(nome)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khensu (nome) (page does not exist)">Khensu</a></td> <td>Khem (<a href="/wiki/Letopolis" title="Letopolis">Letopolis</a>)</td> <td>Ausim</td> <td>Cow's thigh</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Horus" title="Horus">Horus</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ament_(nome)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ament (nome) (page does not exist)">Imnt</a></td> <td>Imu (Apis)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yamu" class="mw-redirect" title="Yamu">Kom el-Hisn</a></td> <td>West</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hathor" title="Hathor">Hathor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sapi-Res&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sapi-Res (page does not exist)">Zapi-Res</a></td> <td>Ptkheka</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tanta" title="Tanta">Tanta</a></td> <td>Southern shield</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek">Sobek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isis" title="Isis">Isis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amun" title="Amun">Amun</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sap-Meh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sap-Meh (page does not exist)">Zapi-Meh</a></td> <td>Zau (<a href="/wiki/Sais,_Egypt" title="Sais, Egypt">Sais</a>)</td> <td>Sa el-Hagar</td> <td>Northern shield</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neith" title="Neith">Neith</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Khaset_(nome)" title="Khaset (nome)">Khaset</a></td> <td>Khasu (<a href="/wiki/Xois" class="mw-redirect" title="Xois">Xois</a>)</td> <td>Sakha</td> <td>Mountain bull</td> <td>Amun-Ra </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=A-ment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A-ment (page does not exist)">A-ment</a></td> <td>(Hermopolis Parva, Metelis)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Damanhur" title="Damanhur">Damanhur</a></td> <td>West harpoon</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hu_(mythology)" title="Hu (mythology)">Hu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=A-bt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A-bt (page does not exist)">A-bt</a></td> <td>Tjeku / Per-Atum (Heroonpolis, <a href="/wiki/Pithom" title="Pithom">Pithom</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tell_el-Maskhuta" class="mw-redirect" title="Tell el-Maskhuta">Tell el-Maskhuta</a></td> <td>East harpoon</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atum" title="Atum">Atum</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ati_(nome)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ati (nome) (page does not exist)">Ati</a></td> <td>Djed (<a href="/wiki/Busiris_(Lower_Egypt)" class="mw-redirect" title="Busiris (Lower Egypt)">Busiris</a>)</td> <td>Abu Sir Bara</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andjeti" class="mw-redirect" title="Andjeti">Andjeti</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osiris" title="Osiris">Osiris</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ka-khem&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ka-khem (page does not exist)">Ka-khem</a></td> <td>Hut-hery-ib (<a href="/wiki/Athribis" title="Athribis">Athribis</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Banha" class="mw-redirect" title="Banha">Banha</a> (Tell Atrib)</td> <td>Black bull</td> <td>Horus </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ka-heseb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ka-heseb (page does not exist)">Ka-heseb</a></td> <td>Taremu (<a href="/wiki/Leontopolis" title="Leontopolis">Leontopolis</a>)</td> <td>Tell el-Urydam</td> <td>Heseb bull</td> <td>Isis </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theb-ka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Theb-ka (page does not exist)">Theb-ka</a></td> <td>Tjebnutjer (<a href="/wiki/Sebennytos" class="mw-redirect" title="Sebennytos">Sebennytos</a>)</td> <td>Samanud</td> <td>Calf and Cow</td> 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