Nome (Egypt)
The districts were in ancient Egypt thousands of years valid administrative districts along the Nile, which included the whole heartland. It is the translation of the Greek word nomos, which was used in ancient sources for the ancient Egyptian administrative units.
Formation
The result are the districts of local principalities of the Neolithic. In the Old Kingdom, there were 38 districts that were later supplemented by four more. In the course of the long history of Egypt and the districts of their head ( nomarchs ) were more or less independent of the central power of the king (Pharaoh). From the texts of the diagonal star clocks show that each of the deans an ancient Egyptian Gau and symbolizes the deity of the respective Dean was assigned to a Gaussian.
Importance
The merger of the families, hordes and tribes districts had a decisive influence on the organization of faith, first for the lower spirits and demons, and later the deities. Almost every district had its own coat of arms in the form of a standard and a local deity with its own myth, which has been especially honored and awarded for their protection.
The oldest preserved " Gauliste " located on the "White Chapel " of Sesostris I at Karnak.
In Greco-Roman times, the old Gaueinteilung was essentially maintained. Each Gau ( Nomos ) was under a strategist. As more counties nor the Fayum as Nomos Arsinoites were added, which was divided into four subregions ( Meris ) of Heraclides, Themistos, Polemon and capital Arsinoe. For this purpose, in the western desert districts Magna Oasis ( Kharga and Dakhla ), Oasis Parva ( Bahariyya ) and ammonias ( Siwa Oasis ), and in the east and Aethiopia Sinai on the Red Sea. Alexandria was an independent district outside the Gausystems.