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RegionLocationNameTypeNotesReligion?
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EndDate-4000-3900-3800-3700-3600-3500-3400-3300-3200-3100-3000-2900-2800-2700-2600-2500-2400-2300-2200-2100-2000-1900-1800-1700-1600-1500-1400-1300-1200-1100-1000-900-800-700-600-500-400-300-200-100010020030040050060070080090010001100120013001400150016001700180019002000
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Lower EgyptCairoEl Omari cultureCultureSmall settlement-4000-3100xxxxxxxxx
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Lower Egypt
Maadi, Nile Delta to Fayum
Maadi cultureCulture
Most important contemporary culture
-4000-3100xxxxxxxxx
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Upper EgyptEl AmraAmratian cultureCultureNaqada I-4000-3500xxxxx
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Upper EgyptGerzehGerzean cultureCultureNaqada II-3500-3200xxx
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Upper and Lower EgyptArchaic EgyptianLanguageEgyptian-3300-2600xxxxxxx
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Upper and Lower EgyptOld EgyptianLanguageEgyptian-2600-2000xxxxxx
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Upper and Lower EgyptMiddle EgyptianLanguageEgyptian-2000-1350xxxxxxx
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Upper and Lower EgyptLate EgyptianLanguageEgyptian-1350-700xxxxxxx
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Upper and Lower EgyptDemoticLanguageVernacularEgyptian-700450xxxxxxxxxxx
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Lower Egypt?Koine GreekLanguageSettlers and later ruling elite
Egyptian, Greek
-664-30xxxx
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Upper and Lower EgyptCopticLanguage
Latest stage of Egyptian language with a new alphabet. Supplanted by Egyptian Arabic c. 1500-1700
Christian2001700xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Lower Egypt
Nile Delta, Cairo
Egyptian ArabicLanguage
Spoken variety of Arabic. Supplanted Coptic in the Early Modern period, c.1500-1700
Christian/Muslim
600-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Upper and Lower EgyptClassical ArabicLanguage
Liturgical and literary language. Lingua franca across the Middle-East
Muslim600-8001800
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Upper EgyptSa'idi ArabicLanguage
Spoken by Sa'idi, people from Upper Egypt.
Christian/Muslim
600?-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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S. EgyptKenziLanguageNubian language1500?-xxxxxx
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Upper and Lower Egypt
Modern Standard Arabic
LanguageOfficial language in Egypt todayMuslim1800-xxx
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Sinai peninsula, Levant
Sinai Peninsula, Negev region, Jordan?
Bedawi ArabicLanguage
Northwest Arabian Arabic. Spoken by Bedouins
Muslim600?-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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