The Influence of the Locations of the Capitals of Egypt on Events from the Oldest Periods | ||
| مجلة بحوث کلية الآداب . جامعة المنوفية | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 12 October 2022 | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/sjam.2022.166320.1769 | ||
| Author | ||
| Randa Baligh* | ||
| Faculty of Arts, Mansoura University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The article will discuss the influence of the locations of the various capital cities of Egypt on events. The oldest known capital city of ancient Egypt was “Ineb Hedj” or the White Wall in Dynasty One. The capitals of ancient Egypt included Thinis in the south and “Ineb Hedj” later called “Manf” or Memphis from Dynasty One to Eight, Ihnasya in Dynasties Nine and Ten, Thebes in Dynasty Eleven, “Ithet Tawy” near Fayoum during Dynasty Twelve, in addition to Memphis in Dynasties Twelve and Thirteen (Dynasty Thirteen only Memphis), “Hwt Wa`ret” capital of the Hyksos in Dynasties Fifteen and Sixteen, Thebes for the national Egyptian Dynasty Seventeen, “Akhet Aten” or the Horizon of the Aten in Menya in Middle Egypt during the time of Akhenaten and his immediate successors in Dynasty Eighteen, then back to Thebes, “Per Ra`messesu” established during the reign of king Ramses II in Dynasty Nineteen, Thebes for the High Priest of Amon kings in Dynasty Twenty One, “Dja`net: or Tanis for the mainstream kings of Dynasty Twenty One, Tell Basta or Bubastis in the eastern Delta as well as Tanis in Dynasty Twenty Two, Leontopolis as well as Thebes in Dynasty Twenty Three, Sais in Dynasties Twenty Four, Twenty Six and Twenty Eight, Memphis during Dynasty Twenty Five, Memphis for the Achaemenid Persian rulers of Dynasty Twenty Seven, Mendes in Dynasty Twenty Nine, Sebennytos in Dynasty Thirty, Alexandria during the time of Alexander the Great and the Ptolemaic Dynasty. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Capital; City; Cairo; Alexandria; Thebes | ||
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