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20: 316: 124:, which was actually two dams that regulated the flow into the lake and out of the Nile. As the surrounding area changed at about 230 BC, the Bahr Yussef eventually became neglected, leaving most of Lake Moeris to dry up, creating the depression that exists today and the modern 120:(now Birket Qarun). The canal was built into the natural incline of the valley, creating a channel 15 km long and 5 m deep that sloped into the Fayyum depression. The canal was controlled by the 19: 240: 201: 121: 112:
In prehistoric times, the canal was a natural offshoot of the Nile which created a lake to the west during high floods. Beginning with the
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The Bahr Yussef still exists today, feeding water northwards into the Faiyum Oasis, parallel with the Nile.
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During the medieval period, the canal was still a major communication axis to connect Fayyum to
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literally means "sea", not "river", which would be "Nahr").
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Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten
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Canal which connects the Nile River with Fayyum in Egypt
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Minya
Arabic
Nile River
Faiyum Oasis
Egypt
Ancient Greek
the Arab conquest
Arabic
Ancient Greek
Yusuf
Quranic
Joseph
Twelfth Dynasty
Lake Moeris
Ha-Uar Dam
Faiyum Oasis
Cairo
Sakoula DNC
Arabic


cite book
link
"TM Places"
"Un voyageur témoin de manoeuvres militaires dans le Fayoum (IIIe-IVe/IXe-Xe siècle)"
doi
10.1484/J.CDE.5.124771
S2CID
238100373

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