The Egyptian name for Lower Nubia, the valley between the First Cataract and the Second. In the New Kingdom the viceroy governed the south as two provinces, this northern one and Kush beyond it, each under a deputy; Aniba, the ancient Miam, was its administrative seat. Its desert valleys, above all the Wadi Allaqi, yielded much of Egypt's gold, which the tribute accounts listed apart from the gold of Kush.
War, diplomacy, and empire
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