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Egyptian empire

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egyptnounA country in North Africa and West Asia. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. Capital: Cairo.
egyptiansnounan ethnic group native to the Nile Valley in Egypt.
persian empirenounThe empire ruled by the Achaemenid dynasty 550–330 B.C.E.
turkish empirenouna turkish sultanate of southwestern asia and northeastern africa and southeastern europe; created by the ottoman turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of world war i; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the byzantine empire
egyptologicalnounOf or pertaining to Egyptology.
roman empirenoun(historical) An ancient empire based out of Rome, which succeeded the Roman Republic and existed between 27 B.C.E. and 476 C.E. in the west (and until 1453 C.E. in the east; see Byzantine Empire), encompassing vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa, stretching from Britain and Germany to Spain, North Africa and the Persian Gulf.
pharaohsnounThe Egypt national football team
british empirenoun(chiefly historical) The United Kingdom and its overseas dependencies and colonies.
byzantine empirenoun(historical) An ancient Greek empire in Southeastern Europe and Western Asia; the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages with its capital at Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), originally known as Byzantium, which fell in 1453.
egyptologynoun(uncountable) The study of ancient Egypt.
ottoman empirenoun(historical) A large former Turkish empire which began as a sultanate centered in modern Turkey and at its height ruled over much of Southeast Europe, West Asia and North Africa; founded in the late 13th century, it lasted until the 1920s.
egyptian poundThe (abbreviations: £, E£, £E, LE, or EGP in Latin, and in Arabic, ISO code: EGP) the official currency of Egypt.
lower egyptnoun(Egyptology) The half of Ancient Egypt north of Memphis, the Nile Delta, so named because the Nile flows South to North.
mesopotamiannounA person from Mesopotamia or of Mesopotamian origin.
pharaonicnounOf or pertaining to a pharaoh.
mesopotamianoun(historical) A geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man.
ptolemaic dynastyThe Ptolemaic dynasty (Ptolemaioi), also known as the Lagid dynasty (Lagidai; after Ptolemy I's father, Lagus), was a Macedonian Greek; royal house which ruled the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic period.
empiresnounA political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.
aegyptusnounA king of Egypt in Greek mythology.
mycenaean civilizationnounthe bronze-age culture of mycenae 1400-1100 bc

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