Definition of Nomarch. Meaning of Nomarch. Synonyms of Nomarch

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Definition of Nomarch

Nomarch
Nomarch Nom"arch, n. [Gr. ? a district + -arch.] The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy.

Meaning of Nomarch from wikipedia

- A nomarch (Ancient Gr****: νομάρχης, Ancient Egyptian: ḥrj tp ꜥꜣ Great Chief) was a provincial governor in ancient Egypt; the country was divided into...
- was a territorial division in ancient Egypt. Each nome was ruled by a nomarch (Ancient Egyptian: ḥrj tp ꜥꜣ, "Great Chief"). The number of nomes changed...
- free dictionary. User (ancient Egyptian official), an ancient Egyptian nomarch (governor) of the Eighth Dynasty Useramen, an ancient Egyptian vizier also...
- Intermediate Period and for some of the Middle Kingdom period it was common for nomarchs (someone who oversees/controls a government specified area) to be hereditary...
- official dating to the early 12th Dynasty. He was a local governor (a nomarch) of the nome of Nekhen, and is so far only known from his rock-cut tomb...
- Egypt, nomarchs, gained considerable power. Their posts had become hereditary, and some nomarchs entered into marriage alliances with the nomarchs of neighboring...
- Sehertawy Intef I was a local nomarch at Thebes during the early First Intermediate Period and the first member of the 11th Dynasty to lay claim to a...
- shared with Niankhkhnum Khnumhotep I, a nomarch under pharaoh Amenemhat I (12th Dynasty) Khnumhotep II, a nomarch under pharaoh Amenemhat II and Senusret...
- Jürgen von Beckerath has proposed, or he may instead have been a provincial nomarch who proclaimed himself king. K**** is not known from historical sources...
- Mentuhotep I (also Mentuhotep-aa, i.e. "the Great") may have been a Theban nomarch and independent ruler of Upper Egypt during the early First Intermediate...