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Architecture · Art · Burial customs · Chronology · Cuisine · Dynasties · Geography · History · Mathematics · Medicine · Religion · Pharaohs · People · Language · Sites · Technology · Writing Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Look up sais in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The current capital of Egypt is Cairo. ... A drawing of Fustat, from Rappoports History of Egypt Fustat (Arabic: â€Ž), also spelled Fostat, Al Fustat, Misr al-Fustat and Fustat-Misr, was the first capital of Egypt under Arab rule. ... This article is about the Spanish capital. ... World Book Capital is a title bestowed by UNESCO to a city in recognition of the quality of its programs to promote books and reading and the dedication of all players in the book industry. ... , This article is about the capital city of India. ... This article is about the city. ... Jimmy Wales speaking at Wikimania Wikimania[1] is a conference for users of the wiki projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation. ... For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Egypt. ... Capital cities of the Egyptian governorates, and the self-governing city of Luxor This is a list of the most important and largest cities and towns in Egypt: Akhmim Al `Alamayn (El Alamein) Alexandria Al `Arish Al Fayyum Aswan Asyut Banha Bani Suwayf Bur Safaga Bur Said (Port Said) Cairo... Akhmim, or Ekhmim, ia a town of Upper Egypt, on the right bank of the Nile, 67 mi by river south of Assiut, and 4 mi above Suhag, on the opposite side of the river where there is railway communication with Cairo and Assuan. ... El Alamein is a town in northern Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea coast. ... Abydos (Arabic: Ø£Ø¨ÙŠØ¯ÙˆØ³, Greek Î‘Î²Ï…Î´Î¿Ï‚), one of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt, is about 11 km (6 miles) west of the Nile at latitude 26Â° 10 N. The Egyptian name was Abdju (technically, 3bdw, hieroglyphs shown to the right), the hill of the symbol or reliquary, in which the sacred... Al Arish Arish or el-ArÄ«sh (Arabic: Ø§Ù„Ø¹Ø±ÙŠØ´ ) is the capital and largest city (with 114,900 inhabitants as of 2002) of the Egyptian governorate of Shamal Sina, lying on the Mediterranean coast of the Sinai peninsula, 344 kilometers (214 miles) northeast of Cairo. ... Egypt: Site of Aswan (bottom). ... Location of Asyut on the map of Egypt. ... Banha Banha (also spelled Benha) (Arabic: Ø¨Ù†Ù‡Ø§) is a city in northeastern Egypt, also the capital of the Al Qalyubiyah Governorate. ... Categories: Africa geography stubs | Governorates of Egypt | Cities in Egypt ... For other uses, see Cairo (disambiguation). ... Evening in Dahab on the Gulf of Aqaba. ... Dakhla Oasis (Arabic Ø§Ù„Ø¯Ø§Ø®Ù„Ø© al-DÄkhla; BGN: Al WÄá¸©Ät ad DÄkhilah) is one of the five Western oasis of Egypt. ... Damanhur (Arabic: Ø¯Ù…Ù†Ù‡ÙˆØ± ) or Hermopolis Mikra (Greek: ) or Latin: Hermopolis Parva is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of al-Buhayrah (Beheira or Behera) governorate. ... Damietta is a port in Dumyat, Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea at the Nile delta, about 200 kilometres north of Cairo. ... Entrance to the temple. ... Disuq is a small city which is located 80 K.M. south east of Alexandria. ... Tourist bazaar The Egyptian city of Esna (known in antiquity as Iunyt, Ta-senet, and Latopolis) is located on the west bank of the River Nile, some 55 km south of Luxor. ... Egypt: Site of Al Fayyum oasis (top center). ... Al-Mahmya: a tourist facility on the protected Giftun island off the coast near Hurghada. ... á¸¨amrah Dawm (Hamra Dom, á¸¨amrat DÅ«m) is a small village in Upper Egypt near the city of Qena, about 80 kilometres north-west of Luxor[1]. It is located on the west bank of the Nile in the Qena Governorate. ... Halaib is a port on the Red Seas African coast. ... Imbaba is a city in northern Egypt, it is the part of Cairo conurbation. ... Ismailia is the capital of the governorate of Al Ismailiyah, and one of the newest cities in Egypt. ... Gizeh is also a popular brand in Germany of cigarette rolling papers; see Mascotte (rolling papers). ... -1... Kom Ombo (كوم أمبو) is an agricultural town in Egypt famous for its temple. ... Kharga Oasis (Arabic Ø§Ù„Ø®Ø§Ø±Ø¬Ø©, Standard Arabic pronunciation al-KhÄrija, Egyptian spoken Arabic al-KhÄrga) is the southernmost of Egypts five Western oases. ... Luxor on Nile, at Luxor Temple with mosque. ... El-Mahalla El-Kubra is one of the most important cities in Egypt, famous for its textile industry and located in the middle of a delta. ... Mallawi is a town in Egypt, located in the governorate of Al Minya. ... Al Mansurah (Arabic Ø§Ù„Ù…Ù†ØµÙˆØ±Ø©) is considered to be Egypts third largest city after Cairo, and Alexandria . ... Egypt: Site of Marsa Matruh (top left). ... Location of Minya on the map of Egypt. ... The town of Nag Hammadi in Egypt Nag HammÃ¢di (Arabic Ù†Ø¬Ø¹ ØÙ…Ø§Ø¯ÙŠ; transliterated: Naj HammÄdi) (26Â°03â€²N 32Â°15â€²E), is a town in the middle of Egypt, called Chenoboskion in classical antiquity, about 80 kilometres north-west of Luxor with some 30,000 citizens. ... Nuweiba is a coastal town in eastern part of Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, on the coast of Gulf of Aqaba. ... Noubarya is a town in Egypt, approximately 100 miles north of Cairo. ... Port Said (postcard around 1915) Port Said (31. ... Rosetta Rosetta is the anglicised name of the city of Rashid, a harbor on the Mediterranean coast in Egypt. ... Port Safaga, also known as Bur Safaga, is a town in Egypt, on the coast of the Red Sea, located 60 kilometres south of Hurghada. ... The Siwa Oasis is an oasis in Egypt, located between the Qattara Depression and the Egyptian Sand Sea in the Libyan Desert. ... This article is about the city in Egypt. ... Shibin al Kawm is a city in northern Egypt. ... Shibin Al-Qanater Shibin el-Qanater is an Egyptian region combined of 36 villages. ... Shubra al Khaymah (Arabic: â€Ž) is a city in northern Egypt. ... Sohag is an Egyptian governorate that is located in the Upper_Egypt. ... Ain Sukhna, the Arabic for hot spring, was named after the nearby sulfur springs. ... Northermost part of Gulf of Suez with town Suez on map of 1856. ... Taba (Arabic: Ø·Ø§Ø¨Ø§), is a small Egyptian village near the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba. ... Tanta Tanta (Arabic: Ø·Ù†Ø·Ø§ ) is an Egyptian town, with an estimated 430,000 inhabitants. ... Zagazig Zagazig (Zakazik, Arabic, Az-ZaqÄzÄ«q Ø§Ù„Ø²Ù‚Ø§Ø²ÙŠÙ‚), is a town of Lower Egypt (), in the eastern part of the Nile delta, and is the capital of the province of Ash Sharqiyah Governorate. ... The term ancient Greece refers to the periods of Greek history in Classical Antiquity, lasting ca. ... Insert non-formatted text here This is a timeline of ancient Greece. ... Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations of Greece and the Aegean. ... The Minoan civilization was a bronze age civilization which arose on the island of Crete. ... This article is about the Greek archaeological site. ... The Greek Dark Ages (ca. ... The archaic period in Greece is the period during which the ancient Greek city-states developed, and is normally taken to cover roughly the 9th century to the 6th century BCE. The Archaic period followed the dark ages, and saw significant advancements in political theory, and the rise of democracy... Parthenon This article is on the term Classical Greece itself. ... The Hellenistic period of Greek history was the period between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the annexation of the Greek peninsula and islands by Rome in 146 BC. Although the establishment of Roman rule did not break the continuity of Hellenistic society and culture, which... Roman Greece is the period of Greek history following the Roman victory over the Corinthians at the Battle of Corinth in 146 BC until the reestablishment of the city of Byzantium and the naming of the city by Emperor Constantine I as the capital of the Roman Empire (as Nova... Look up Aegean Sea in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Helespont/Dardanelles, a long narrow strait dividing the Balkans (Europe) along the Gallipoli peninsula from Asia Anatolia (Asia Minor). ... Ancient Macedons regions and towns Macedon or Macedonia (Greek ) was the name of an ancient kingdom in the northern-most part of ancient Greece, bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west and the region of Thrace to the east. ... For modern day Sparta, see Sparti (municipality). ... Delian League (Athenian Empire) shown in yellow, Athenian territory shown in red, situation in in 431 BC, before the Peloponnesian War. ... Map of Greece in 362 BCE, showing Corinthian (yellow) Theban (blue), Spartan (red) and Athenian (pink) power blocs. ... Map of Greece during the height of Theban power in 362 BCE, showing Theban (blue), Spartan (red), Athenian (pink) and Corinthian (yellow) power blocs. ... For the clipper ship, see Thermopylae (clipper). ... For other places with the same name, see Antioch (disambiguation). ... View of the reconstructed Temple of Trajan at Pergamon Sketched reconstruction of ancient Pergamon Pergamon or Pergamum (Greek: Î ÎÏÎ³Î±Î¼Î¿Ï‚, modern day Bergama in Turkey, ) was an ancient Greek city, in Mysia, north-western Anatolia, 16 miles from the Aegean Sea, located on a promontory on the north side of the river... The lower half of the benches and the remnants of the scene building of the theater of Miletus (August 2005) Miletus (Carian: Anactoria Hittite: Milawata or Millawanda, Greek: ÎœÎ¯Î»Î·Ï„Î¿Ï‚ transliterated Miletos, Turkish: Milet) was an ancient city on the western coast of Anatolia (in what is now Aydin Province, Turkey), near... For the town in the southern United States, see Ephesus, Georgia. ... For other uses, see Delphi (disambiguation). ... The island of Delos, Carl Anton Joseph Rottmann, 1847 The island of Delos (Greek: Î”Î®Î»Î¿Ï‚, Dhilos), isolated in the centre of the roughly circular ring of islands called the Cyclades, near Mykonos, had a position as a holy sanctuary for a millennium before Olympian Greek mythology made it the birthplace of... Olympia among the principal Greek sanctuaries Olympia (Greek: OlympÃa or OlÃ½mpia, older transliterations, Olimpia, Olimbia), a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times, comparable in importance to the Pythian Games held in Delphi. ... For other uses of Troy or Ilion, see Troy (disambiguation) and Ilion (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Greek island of Rhodes. ... For other uses, see Crete (disambiguation). ... Kylix, the most common drinking vessel in ancient Greece, c. ... Ancient Greek law is a branch of comparative jurisprudence relating to the laws and legal institutions of Ancient Greece. ... Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek language until the 4th century AD. // Wikisource has original text related to this article: an essay on the transition to written literature in Greece This period of Greek literature stretches from Homer until the 4th century BC and the rise... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... From the 1500s, a detail from Piero di Cosimos version of Perseus rescuing Andromeda. ... Pederastic courtship scene Athenian black-figure amphora, 5th c. ... Courtesan and her client, Attican Pelike with red figures by Polygnotus, c. ... Greek religion encompasses the collection of beliefs and rituals practiced in Ancient Greece in form of cult practices, thus the practical counterpart of Greek mythology. ... Funerary stele: the slave represented as a shorter person, beside the mistress, Munich Glyptothek Slavery was an essential component of the development of Ancient Greece throughout its history. ... Ancient Greek technology is a set of artifacts and customs that lasted for more than one thousand years. ... For other uses of Greek Theatre, see Greek theatre (disambiguation). ... Ruins of the training grounds at Olympia The Ancient Olympic Games, originally referred to as simply the Olympic Games (Greek: ; Olympiakoi Agones) were a series of athletic competitions held between various city-states of Ancient Greece. ... Modern reconstruction of a hoplite phalanx formation. ... Greek influence in the 6th century BC The influence of ancient Greece on wine is significant not only to the Greek wine industry but to the development of almost all European wine regions and to the history of wine itself. ... This an alphabetical list of ancient Greeks. ... Ancient Greek philosophy focused on the role of reason and inquiry. ... Anaxagoras Anaxagoras (Greek: Î‘Î½Î±Î¾Î±Î³ÏŒÏÎ±Ï‚, c. ... This article is about the Pre-Socratic philosopher. ... Anaximenes (in Greek: Î†Î½Î±Î¾Î¹Î¼ÎÎ½Î·Ï‚) of Miletus (585 BC - 525 BC) was a Greek philosopher from the latter half of the 6th century, probably a younger contemporary of Anaximander, whose pupil or friend he is said to have been. ... Portrait bust of Antisthenes Antisthenes (Greek: , c. ... For other uses, see Aristotle (disambiguation). ... â€Ž Democritus (Greek: ) was a pre-Socratic Greek materialist philosopher (born at Abdera in Thrace ca. ... Diogenes (Greek: Diogenes o Sinopeus) the Cynic, Greek philosopher, was born in Sinope (modern day Sinop, Turkey) about 412 BC (according to other sources 399 BC), and died in 323 BC at Corinth. ... Epicure redirects here. ... Empedocles (Greek: , ca. ... 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