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Lower Egypt ⲧⲥⲁϧⲏⲧ, ⲡⲥⲁⲙⲉⲛϩⲓⲧ مصر السفلى | |||||||||
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| c. 3500 BC–c. 3100 BC | |||||||||
| Capital | Memphis | ||||||||
| Common languages | Ancient Egyptian | ||||||||
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• Unknown | Unknown (first) | ||||||||
• c. 3150 BC | Unknown (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | c. 3500 BC | ||||||||
• Disestablished | c. 3100 BC | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Egypt | ||||||||
Map of Lower Egypt showing important sites that were occupied during the Protodynastic Period of Egypt (clickable map)
Lower Egypt (Arabic: مصر السفلى Miṣr as-Suflā; Coptic: ⲧⲥⲁϧⲏⲧ, romanized: Tsakhet) is the northernmost region of Egypt, which consists of the fertile Nile Delta between Upper Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, from El Aiyat, south of modern-day Cairo, and Dahshur. Historically, the Nile River split into seven branches of the delta in Lower Egypt.
Lower Egypt was divided into nomes and began to advance as a civilization after 3600 BC.[1] Today, it contains two major channels that flow through the delta of the Nile River – Mahmoudiyah Canal (ancient Agathos Daimon) and Muways Canal (Arabic: بحر موَيس, "waterway of Moses").