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Political divisions in the ancient Egyptian world differed from those of the present day, changing many times during the 2,283 years that this volume covers. Ancient historians often use the names of geographical areas to refer to certain regions. The following list gives the names of those regions and of the nations located there today.
| GEOGRAPHIC MODERN | REGION NATION(S) |
| Anatolia | Turkey |
| Aegean and Mediterranean | Greece, Cypress, and Turkey |
| Iranian Plateau | Iran and western Afghanistan |
| Mesopotamia | Iraq and parts of eastern Syria and western Iran |
| Nubia | Sudan and the southern area of Egypt |
| Punt | Ethiopia and Djibouti |
| Syria-Palestine | Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria |
Source Ian Shaw, ed , The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (Oxford Oxford University Press, 2000)
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