The Cities of Ancient Egypt
What is the approximate distance from the 3rd to the 4th cataract?
175 miles
What is the approximate distance from one side of the fertile area to the other at its widest point?
220 miles
At what point is the distance from one side of the fertile area to the other at its thinnest point?
23 degrees N and 33 degrees E
How wide is the thinnest distance of the fertile area?
25 miles
Which natural geographic feature is at approximately 20 degrees N and 30 1/2 degrees E?
3rd cataract
Which city is immediately north of Philae?
Aswan
Which cities are at approximately 27 1/2 degrees N and 31degrees E?
Hermopolis, Amarna
Which city appears to site right on the 25th parallel north?
Hierakonpolis
What is the significance of Memphis?
It is the capital of Lower Egypt
Where is the widest point of the fertile area?
Lower Egypt
If you traveled east from Saqqara, what city would you soon come to?
Memphis
What is the capital city of Lower Egypt?
Memphis
In the delta area, two cities very close to each other border the same stretch of the river. Which is on the western side of the river?
Naukratis
In the delta area, two cities very close to each other border the same stretch of the river. What are the two cities? Which is on the eastern side of the river? Which is on the western side of the river?
Naukratis, Sais
In the delta area, two cities very close to each other border the same stretch of the river. Which is on the eastern side of the river?
Sais
What is the capital city of Upper Egypt?
Thebes