Strip of land on the Nile valley between Nubia and Lower Egypt
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Upper Egypt
ⲙⲁⲣⲏⲥ (Coptic) ta shemaw[1] (Egyptian) Άνω Αίγυπτος (Greek) صعيد مصر (Arabic) الصعيد (Egyptian Arabic) Aegyptus superior (Latin)
c. 3400 BC – c. 3150 BC
Hedjet
Thinis
Nekhen
Thebes
Naqada
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Thinis
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Ancient Egyptian
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Ancient Egyptian religion
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Monarchy
King
• c. 3400 BC
Scorpion I (first)
• c. 3150 BC
Narmer (last)
History
• Established
c. 3400 BC
• Disestablished
c. 3150 BC
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Prehistoric Egypt
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c. 3150–2890
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1580–1549
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732–653
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672–525
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404–398
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332–305
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XXXIII
305–30
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XXXIV
30 BC – 313 AD
See also: List of pharaohs by period and dynasty Periodization of ancient Egypt
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Upper Egypt (Arabic: صعيد مصرṢaʿīd 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]
^Ermann & Grapow, op.cit. Wb 5, 227.4-14
^"Upper Egypt". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
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