Upper Egypt
Strip of land on the Nile valley between Nubia and Lower Egypt / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Upper Egypt (Arabic: صعيد مصر Ṣaʿīd Miṣr, shortened to الصعيد, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [es.sˤe.ˈʕiːd], locally: [es.sˤɑ.ˈʕiːd]; Coptic: ⲙⲁⲣⲏⲥ, romanized: Mares) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the Nile River valley south of the delta and the 30th parallel N. It thus consists of the entire Nile River valley from Cairo south to Lake Nasser (formed by the Aswan High Dam).[2]
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Upper Egypt | |||||||||
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c. 3400 BC – c. 3150 BC | |||||||||
Capital | Thinis | ||||||||
Common languages | Ancient Egyptian | ||||||||
Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
King | |||||||||
• c. 3400 BC | Scorpion I (first) | ||||||||
• c. 3150 BC | Narmer (last) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | c. 3400 BC | ||||||||
• Disestablished | c. 3150 BC | ||||||||
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Today part of | Egypt |
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