(Encyclopedia) DamanhurDamanhurdämänh&oobreve;rˈ [key], city (1986 pop. 188,939), capital of Beheira governorate, N Egypt, in the Nile River delta. It is a communications center and a market for…
(Encyclopedia) Hermopolis MagnaHermopolis Magnahərmŏpˈəlĭs măgˈnə [key], ancient city, central Egypt, on the Nile and near the modern Ashmunein. It was the chief seat for the worship of Thoth. At the…
(Encyclopedia) OmbosOmbosŏmˈbōs [key], ancient city, S Egypt, on the Nile, S of Idfu. It was strategically located on top of a hill. The city attained great importance under the Ptolemies, who built…
(Encyclopedia) Camp David accords, popular name for the peace treaty forged in 1978 between Israel and Egypt at the U.S. presidential retreat at Camp David, Md. The official agreement was signed on…
(Encyclopedia) Sea Peoples, modern term for any of the groups of people who attacked Egypt and the E Mediterranean by sea and sometimes by land c.1200 b.c. They are recorded as having fought in…
(Encyclopedia) North Africa, campaigns in, series of military contests for control of North Africa during World War II. The desert war started in 1940 and for more than two years thereafter seesawed…
The following table lists the current and historical female political leaders of the countries of the world, according to country name, woman's name, political title, and years in power, including…
(Encyclopedia) Minya, AlMinya, Aläl mēˈnyə [key], city (1986 pop. 179,060), capital of Al Minya governorate, N central Egypt, on the Nile River. About half the city's population is Coptic Christian.…
(Encyclopedia) NonnusNonnusnŏnˈəs [key], fl. 5th cent.?, Greek poet, b. Panopolis, Egypt. His extant epic, Dionysiaca (in 48 books), a collection of legends about Dionysus, has innovations in meter…
(Encyclopedia) LevantLevantləvăntˈ [key] [Ital.,=east], collective name for the countries of the eastern shore of the Mediterranean from Egypt to, and including, Turkey. The divisions of the French…
