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