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... Dynasty pyramids of Lahun and Hawara ( see FAYUM ) . The Delta . - About 30 ° N. , where the city of Cairo stands , the hills which have hitherto run parallel with the Nile turn W.N.W. The Delta measures 100 m . from S. to N. , having a ...
... Dynasty pyramids of Lahun and Hawara ( see FAYUM ) . The Delta . - About 30 ° N. , where the city of Cairo stands , the hills which have hitherto run parallel with the Nile turn W.N.W. The Delta measures 100 m . from S. to N. , having a ...
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... dynasty . In the seventh month occur the Molid of the sayyida Zenab , and the commemoration of the Miaräg , or the Prophet's miraculous journey to heaven . Early in the eighth month ( Sha'ban ) , the Molid of the imam Shafi'i is ob ...
... dynasty . In the seventh month occur the Molid of the sayyida Zenab , and the commemoration of the Miaräg , or the Prophet's miraculous journey to heaven . Early in the eighth month ( Sha'ban ) , the Molid of the imam Shafi'i is ob ...
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... dynasty down to the middle of the 13th century , the military power of Egypt was dependent on mercenaries . The Mamelukes ( slaves ) , imported from the eastern borders of the Black Sea and then trained as soldiers , usurped the ...
... dynasty down to the middle of the 13th century , the military power of Egypt was dependent on mercenaries . The Mamelukes ( slaves ) , imported from the eastern borders of the Black Sea and then trained as soldiers , usurped the ...
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... Dynasty , as well as a very fragmentary list of kings reaching nearly to the end of the Middle Kingdom , to help out the scattered data of the other monuments . As to manners and customs , although we possess no systematic descriptions ...
... Dynasty , as well as a very fragmentary list of kings reaching nearly to the end of the Middle Kingdom , to help out the scattered data of the other monuments . As to manners and customs , although we possess no systematic descriptions ...
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... Dynasty , though the old division into Upper and Lower Egypt was resumed in the XXVIth Dynasty . If Upper and Lower Egypt represented ancient kingdoms , the nomes have been thought to carry on the traditions of tribal settlements . They ...
... Dynasty , though the old division into Upper and Lower Egypt was resumed in the XXVIth Dynasty . If Upper and Lower Egypt represented ancient kingdoms , the nomes have been thought to carry on the traditions of tribal settlements . They ...
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acid action al-din Alexandria alternating current amirs ancient angles army Author became body British Cairo caliph called canal centre century charge chemical church circuit conductor connexion copper Coptic death density desert dielectric direction disk distance dynamo Edwards eggs Egyptian electric current electric force electrified electrodes electrolyte electromagnetic electromotive force electroscope elements England English equation Greek important induction insulated ions iron J. J. Thomson Khartum khedive king Kingdom land later Leyden jar London Lord Lord Kelvin Mahommed Malik Mamelukes measure Mehemet Mehemet Ali metal monuments native Nile Osman Digna Pasha period plane plate position potential pressure produced quantity railway reign result Roman solution strain stress Suakin Sudan sultan supply surface Syria temple theory tion tombs town traction troops unit Upper Egypt Wadi Halfa wire XIIth Dynasty
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