If the Egyptians were so clever, how come Lower Egypt is in the north and upper Egypt is in the south?

Answer 1

hope all the answers above showed what a dumb and stupid person u r !!

Answer 2

Upper Egypt in the south and Lower Egypt in the north on modern maps, the terminology derives from the flow of the Nile from the highlands of East Africa (upstream) to the Mediterranean Sea (downstream).

Best of Luck

Answer 3

I guess that you by now know that the Egyptians were, are, will be clever, not just were. SO, before the N and the S were put as directions, Egyptians used the Nile as guidance, where it begins is the upper and where it ends is the lower.

Answer 4

Clever question ! But it wasn't the Egyptians who named it. I believe, but I am not certain, that thet were named after the lower and upper Nile which was charted by Burton and Speke on behalf of the Royal Society in the Victorian era. As I said I am just guessing and I expect someone will correct me if I'm wrong -but keep thinking.

Answer 5

becuase going up river south i.e. against the current is upper egypt up river.
and going down river with the current North is down river lower.

they did not think of the world in terms of north and south, to them the nile was everything.... still is really

Answer 6

Not sure but the Nile flows the opposite way to normal rivers - it flows inland rather than out to the Mediterranean. So that may be why upper and lower are the wrong way round

Answer 7

Lower and upper Egypt is reffering to the level of the ground.

Answer 8

Because the Nile runs from South to North, emptying into the Mediterranean Sea.

http://www.mbarron.net/Nile/fctfl_nf.html

Answer 9

Its based on the direction the Nile flows. If you are from the U.S., you are just used to most of our major rivers flowing North to South, hence your confusion.

Answer 10

The concept of north being at the top of the map is a relatively recent one.

Answer 11

Because they were going by which way the river goes, not North and South.