Lower Egypt

Lower Egypt
ⲧⲥⲁϧⲏⲧ, ⲡⲥⲁⲙⲉⲛϩⲓⲧ
مصر السفلى
c. 3500 BC – c. 3100 BC
Map of Lower Egypt showing important sites that were occupied during the Protodynastic Period of Egypt (clickable map)
CapitalMemphis
Common languagesAncient Egyptian
Religion
Ancient Egyptian religion
GovernmentMonarchy
King 
• Unknown
Unknown (first)
• c. 3150 BC
Unknown (last)
History 
• Established
c. 3500 BC 
• Disestablished
 c. 3100 BC
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Prehistoric Egypt
Early Dynastic Period (Egypt)
Today part ofEgypt

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").

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