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? asked in Arts & HumanitiesHistory · 10 years ago

Why was Egypt given its name?

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  • 10 years ago
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    1. Because the fertile land around the Nile was black.

    2. In its dual form: a reference to the Upper and Lower Kingdom and their unification

    3. Either after the Copts, who regarded themselves as the same people who settled in ancient Egypt, or after the "soul of Ptah", which itself is then the root of the name "Copt".

  • 10 years ago

    Naqada is a town on the west bank of the Nile in the Egyptian governorate of Qena. It was known in Ancient Egypt as The large quantity of remains from Naqada have enabled the dating of the entire culture, throughout Egypt and environs.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    10 years ago

    Because the Egyptians lived there.

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