Alternative History
Alternative History
Kingdom of Egypt
Ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲣⲟ Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ (Egyptian)
Βασίλειο της Αιγύπτου (Romaic)
Tekmetouro Khēmi
Vasíleio tis Aigýptou
Timeline: Sovereignty
OTL equivalent: Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan
Flag of Christian Egypt Coat of Arms of Egypt (Sovereignty)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: 
"ⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ⲛⲉⲙ ϯⲡⲁⲣⲣⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ϯⲙⲉⲧⲁⲧϣⲉⲛϩⲏⲧ" (Egyptian)
irēnē nem tiparrēsia nem timetatshenhēt
"Peace and openness and compassion"
Anthem: 
Ⲧⲁⲙⲉⲧⲓⲱⲧ Ⲕⲏⲙⲓ
Tametiōt Kēmi
(English: "My homeland, Egypt")

Royal anthem: 
Ⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ⲁⲕⲓ̀ (Egyptian)
Kalōs Akí
(English: Kalos Akee)

Egypt Location (Sovereignty)
Location of Egypt in Africa.
CapitalPtolemais Hermiou
Largest city Alexandria
Official languages Egyptian, Romaic
Religion 40% Coptic Orþodox
20% Kemetism
10% Judaism
10% Islam
10% Aþiesm
5% Eastern Orþodox
5% Oþer
Demonym(s) Egyptian
Government Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
 -  Pharaoh Stephinates
 -  Prime Minister Subira Apet
Legislature Parliament
Independence from Rhomania
 -  Gained September 21, 1896 
Area
 -  Total 1,363,877 km2 
526,596 sq mi 
Population
 -  Estimate 150,152,221 ()
Currency Pound (ⲡ) (KMP)
Internet TLD .km
.ⲕⲙ

Egypt (Egyptian: Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ, romanized: Khēmi), officially þe Kingdom of Egypt (Egyptian: Ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲣⲟ Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ, romanized: Tekmetouro Khēmi), sometimes called Kemet, is a transcontinental country located in Norþ Africa and Souþwestern Asia. It borders Cyrenaica and Central Africa to þe west, Palestine to þe east, Eþiopia to þe souþeast, East Africa to þe souþeast and Congo to þe souþwest, as well as a maritime border wiþ Rhomania. Wiþ a population of 150 million, it ranks 9þ in þe world.

Egypt has one of þe longest histories of any country, tracing its heritage along þe Nile Delta back to þe 6þ–4þ millennia BCE. Considered a cradle of civilization, Ancient Egypt saw some of þe earliest developments of writing, agriculture, urbanization, organized religion and central government. Egypt is an important center of Christianity. Heliopolis became þe capital of þe Fatimid Caliphate in þe tenþ century, and of þe Mamluk Sultanate in þe 13þ century. Egypt þen became part of Rhomania in 1517, before it officially gained independence from Rhomania in a referendum.

Etymology[]

Þe English word Egypt comes from Latin Aegyptus, which, in turn, comes from Romaic Αίγυπτος (Aígyptos).

Þe Egyptian word Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ (Khēmi) comes from Ancient Egyptian 𓈎𓅓.𓏏 (km.t), meaning "Black land", in reference to þe fertile land along þe Nile.

History[]

Prehistory and Ancient Egypt[]

Þere is evidence of rock carvings along þe Nile terraces and in desert oases. In þe 10þ millennium BCE, a culture of hunter-gaþerers and fishers was replaced by a grain-grinding tilþ. Climate changes or overgrazing around 8000 BCE began to desiccate þe pastoral lands of Egypt, forming þe Sahara. Early maiþish peoples migrated to þe Nile River where þey developed a settled agricultural economy and more centralized society.

By about 6000 BCE, a Neoliþic culture took root in þe Nile Valley. During þe Neoliþic era, several predynastic cultures developed independently in Upper and Lower Egypt. Þe Badarian culture and þe successor Naqada series are generally regarded as precursors to dynastic Egypt. Þe earliest known Lower Egyptian site, Merimda, predates þe Badarian by about seven hundred years. Contemporaneous Lower Egyptian communities coexisted wiþ þeir souþern counterparts for more þan two þousand years, remaining culturally distinct, but maintaining frequent contact þrough trade. Þe earliest known evidence of Egyptian hieroglyphic inscriptions appeared during þe predynastic period on Naqada III pottery vessels, dated to about 3200 BCE.

A unified kingdom was founded c. 3150 BCE by King Menes, leading to a series of dynasties þat ruled Egypt for þe next þree millennia. Egyptian culture flourished during þis long period and remained distinctively Egyptian in its religion, arts, language and customs. Þe first two ruling dynasties of a unified Egypt set þe stage for þe Old Kingdom period, c. 2700–2200 BCE, which constructed many pyramids, most notably þe Þird Dynasty pyramid of Djoser and þe Fourþ Dynasty Giza pyramids.