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Egypt (other)
Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa. Egypt may also refer to: Places Egypt *the country of the lower Nile Valley *historically: ** Ancient Egypt (prehistory – 30 BC) ** Egypt (Roman province) (30 BC – AD 639) ** Arab Egypt (639–1250) **Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo) (1250–1517) ** Ottoman Egypt (1517–1914), divided into two main periods: ***Egypt Eyalet (1517–1867), a state under direct rule of the Ottoman Empire ***Khedivate of Egypt (1867–1914), an autonomous tributary state of the Ottoman Empire **Sultanate of Egypt (1914-1922) under British colonial influence **Kingdom of Egypt (1922–1953) **Republic of Egypt (1953–58) Australia *Egypt, Queensland, a rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region United Kingdom * Egypt, Berkshire, a location in England * Egypt, Buckinghamshire, a hamlet in England * Egypt, Hampshire, a location in England * Egypt, West Yorkshire, England * Egypt, an area of Tollcross, Glasgow, Scotland United States * Egypt, Arkans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip of Palestine and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northeast separates Egypt from Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt, while Alexandria, the second-largest city, is an important industrial and tourist hub at the Mediterranean coast. At approximately 100 million inhabitants, Egypt is the 14th-most populated country in the world. Egypt has one of the longest histories of any country, tracing its heritage along the Nile Delta back to the 6th–4th millennia BCE. Considered a cradle of civilisation, Ancient Egypt saw some of the earliest developments of writing, agriculture, ur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt, West Yorkshire
Egypt is a hamlet near Thornton, in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Geography Egypt is situated about north-west of Thornton on a hairpin bend of a road between Well Heads and a junction with the B6144 road near Wilsden, and at the top (western) end of the marked valley of Bell Dean in which a stream runs roughly in an eastern direction. High walls that were erected to hold back the waste rock from the local quarries flank the road, giving rise to the nickname "The Walls of Jericho". History The hamlet was established in the first half of the 19th century and is named on maps surveyed in the late 1840s. Its name may be related to the commemoration of the 1798 invasion of Egypt by the troops of Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt (1991 Video Game)
is a puzzle video game released for the Family Computer in 1991 by Human. It was released only in Japan. It is an object elimination type puzzle game. A player controls a spherical jewel and jumps from tile to tile. Stepping on an arrow shifts a row or column in the direction of the arrow. Placing two or more of the same object next to each other will erase them from the board, and this must be repeated until all the objects have been eliminated from the board. Story An Indiana Jones style explorer is trapped inside an Ancient Egyptian temple. He meets a goddess who is so low in power that she can only take the form of a large, spherical jewel. He enters the jewel to restore her power by clearing each level. Gameplay The game is played on an 8x8 tiled grid. The player controls the large spherical jewel and can move around with the directional pad. The player can step on any type of tile except a wall. A tile can be either an empty space, a wall, an object, or an arrow. Shift ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Egypt, New Jersey
New Egypt is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Plumsted Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32) , August 2012. Accessed January 11, 2013. As of the , the CDP's population was 2,512. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Egypt (region)
Southern Illinois, also known as Little Egypt, is the southern third of Illinois, principally along and south of Interstate 64. Although part of a Midwestern state, this region is aligned in culture more with that of the Upland South than the Midwest. Part of downstate Illinois, it is bordered by the two most voluminous rivers in the United States: the Mississippi below its connecting Missouri River to the west and the Ohio River to the east and south with the Wabash as tributary. Southern Illinois' most populated city is Belleville at 44,478. Other principal cities include Alton, Centralia, Collinsville, Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Godfrey, O'Fallon, Harrisburg, Herrin, West Frankfort, Mt. Vernon, Marion, and Carbondale, where the main campus of Southern Illinois University is located. Residents may also travel to amenities in St. Louis and Cape Girardeau, Missouri; Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee; Evansville, Indiana; and Paducah, Kentucky. The region is home to S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt, West Virginia
Egypt is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. It is located between Opequon Creek Opequon Creek is an approximately 35 mile U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 tributary stream of the Potomac River. It flows into the Potomac northeast of Mar ... and Leetown off Sulphur Spring Road on Egypt Road. References Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia {{JeffersonCountyWV-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt, Texas (other)
Egypt, Texas may refer to: * Egypt, Leon County, Texas * Egypt, Montgomery County, Texas *Egypt, Wharton County, Texas Egypt is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in northern Wharton County, Texas, Wharton County in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 26 in 2000. It is located within the Great ... * Little Egypt, Texas, in Dallas County {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt, Pennsylvania
Egypt ( Pennsylvania German: ''Iegypden'') is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Whitehall Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The population of Egypt was 2,588 as of the 2020 census. It located about north of Allentown and is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. Geography Egypt is located in northeastern Lehigh County in the northwestern corner of Whitehall Township. It is bordered to the east by Cementon and to the north and west by North Whitehall Township. Pennsylvania Route 329 is Egypt's Main Street and runs east into Cementon and west to Neffs. PA-329 intersects PA-145 on the eastern edge of Egypt, at the area known as Eagle Point. PA-145 leads north to Walnutport and south to Center City Allentown. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Egypt has a total area of , of which , or 0.26%, are water. Coplay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt, Belmont County, Ohio
Egypt is an extinct town in Belmont County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. History Egypt originally was built up around a gristmill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the Mill (grinding), grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist i ... which was started there in 1826. A post office called Egypt Mills operated from 1852 until 1857; another post office called Egypt operated from 1883 until 1905. The GEM of Egypt was a large stripping shovel which worked the Egypt Valley coal field. References Unincorporated communities in Belmont County, Ohio 1826 establishments in Ohio Populated places established in 1826 Unincorporated communities in Ohio {{BelmontCountyOH-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt, Ohio
Egypt is an unincorporated community in western Jackson Township, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. Located at (40.3856031, -84.4330070), the community sits at an elevation of 971 feet (296 m), approximately west of the village of Minster. In the community's earliest years, travel in the vicinity was extremely difficult due to the muck of the Great Black Swamp. The name "Egypt" was supplied by one of the early pioneers. The community remained small; some of the early settlers are said to have remarked that "this place smells".McMurray, William J., ed. ''History of Auglaize County Ohio''. Vol. 1. Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Company, 1923. Because the people of the community could only attend church in Minster with great difficulty, they made a petition for a church in Egypt; accordingly, St. Joseph's Catholic Church was organized in 1852.Brown, Mary Ann. ''Ohio Historic Inventory Nomination: Egypt Catholic Church''. Ohio Historical Society, Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt, Mississippi (other)
Egypt, Mississippi may refer to: * Egypt, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, an unincorporated community in Chickasaw County. * Egypt, Holmes County, Mississippi, an unincorporated community in Holmes County. {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt, Indiana
Egypt is an unincorporated community in Jordan Township, Jasper County, Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s .... Welsh (formerly Egypt) Cemetery is located in Egypt, Indiana. Some of the first burials in Welsh Cemetery were in 1841, and the name "Egypt Cemetery" was in use until at least 1916. Geography Egypt is located at . References Unincorporated communities in Jasper County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{JasperCountyIN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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