Egyptian Map With Divisions
As you can see in this Egyptian map, Egypt has two sea coasts. The North coast overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, the East coast overlooking the Red Sea. The Nile river splits the country in half, with almost all the inhabitants residing in cities or towns on the Nile's shores. Lower Egypt comprises of the northern part of the country, while Upper Egypt comprises of the southern part. The crowns of each division are represented above as well. You will also notice that many of the cities have Greek names. These names are still in use today, but most of them now also have Arabic counterparts. For example - I myself live in the city of Heliopolis, which is considered to be part of greater Cairo, but this city also has the Arabic name of "Misr Al Jadeeda"... ...the Greek name means "City of the Sun", while the Arabic name means "New Egypt". In fact, Egypt itself has many different names. There's of course "Egypt", which in Arabic (the national language of the country) is "Misr". As you know, the name of ancient Egypt is "Kemet" which means the black land. It can get kind of confusing!! But not to worry, if you're ever visiting the country almost everyone knows all the names of all the different cities. This map does not show Nubian Egypt, which is also important and part of Egypt. Nubia itself is so vast with many histories that it deserves a whole section on its own.
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