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Roman Egypt was an imperial province of the Roman Empire from 30 BC to AD 641. The province encompassed most of modern-day Egypt except for the Sinai. It was bordered by the provinces of Crete and Cyrenaica to the west and Judaea, later Arabia Petraea, to the East.
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Byzantine-style coinage struck in Alexandria imitating...
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The death of Cleopatra ended the nominal independence of...
- Sasanian Egypt
Roman Egypt was an imperial province of the Roman Empire from 30 BC to AD 641. The province encompassed most of modern-day Egypt except for the Sinai. It was bordered by the provinces of Crete and Cyrenaica to the west and Judaea, later Arabia Petraea, to the East.
Egypt is considered to be a regional power in North Africa, the Middle East and the Muslim world, and a middle power worldwide. [24] It is a developing country having a diversified economy, which is the largest in Africa, the 38th-largest economy by nominal GDP and 127th by nominal GDP per capita. [25]
Timeline. 30 BCE. Egypt becomes province of the Roman Empire. 30 BCE. Death of Cleopatra VII, end of the Ptolemaic Dynasty in Egypt. c. 50 CE - c. 60 CE. Establishment of various Christian communities in the Eastern Mediterranean, Greece, Egypt, and at least the city of Rome. 269 CE. Zenobia invades and conquers Egypt. 285 CE.
- Donald L. Wasson
Timeline. c. 6000 BCE. Nile River Valley first inhabited. c. 6000 BCE. Burial of the dead in Egypt. c. 6000 BCE. Earliest Egyptian mastabas dug at Saqqara. 5500 BCE. Oldest faience workshop in Egypt founded at Abydos. 5000 BCE. Organised farming begins in Egypt. c. 4000 BCE. Depictions of gods and afterlife on walls of Egyptian tombs.
Permissions. Share. Abstract. This introductory article begins with a description of the seven parts of this book: Land and State; City, Town, and Chora; People; Religion; Texts and Language; Images and Objects; and Borders, Trade, and Tourism.
