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** fertile land | ** fertile land | ||
* at the Delta, the Nile breaks into multiple rivers: | * at the Delta, the Nile breaks into multiple rivers: | ||
** Pliny the Elder (N.H. 5.11) identified seven branches (from east to west): the Pelusiac, the Tanitic, the Mendesian, the Phatnitic, the Sebennytic, the Bolbitine, and the Canopic (source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Egypt Lower Egypt] | ** Pliny the Elder (N.H. 5.11) identified seven branches (from east to west): the Pelusiac, the Tanitic, the Mendesian, the Phatnitic, the Sebennytic, the Bolbitine, and the Canopic (source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Egypt Lower Egypt] Lower Egypt (wiki)) | ||
* flooding spreads across the Delta | * flooding spreads across the Delta | ||
* the Delta consisted of 20 nomes (pre-pharaonic independent kingdoms) | * the Delta consisted of 20 nomes (pre-pharaonic independent kingdoms) | ||
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* Upper Egypt crown = "Hedjet" (white crown) | * Upper Egypt crown = "Hedjet" (white crown) | ||
* Nubia and the Kush = regions South of Egypt | * Nubia and the Kush = regions South of Egypt | ||
* Western Desert = | * Western Desert = arid desert with isolated oases that forms eastern portion of Libyan Desert | ||
* Eastern Desert = arid and mountainous area that separates Nile Valley from the Red Sea | * Eastern Desert = arid and mountainous area that separates Nile Valley from the Red Sea | ||
* Fayoum = large oasis just West of the Nile that was fed by the Nile during floods and with canals | * Fayoum = large oasis just West of the Nile that was fed by the Nile during floods and with canals | ||