Definition of Nomarchs. Meaning of Nomarchs. Synonyms of Nomarchs

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Definition of Nomarchs

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

Meaning of Nomarchs from wikipedia

- 5th Dynasty, from which time the nomarchs no longer lived at royal capital but sta**** in their nomes. The power of the nomarchs grew with the reforms of Nyuserre's...
- genealogy below lists nomarchs from the 12th Dynasty. The nomarchs are underlined. The exact relationships between these nomarchs are not fully known,...
- was the rise in power of the provincial nomarchs. Towards the end of the Old Kingdom the positions of the nomarchs had become hereditary, so families often...
- acquired as nomarchs. By the end of the First Intermediate Period, some nomarchs ruled their nomes as minor potentates, such as the nomarch Nehry of Hermopolis...
- depiction of the nome. It is known that during the 6th Dynasty its nomarchs were buried in the necropolis of El-Sheikh Sa'id. The nome kept its importance...
- major nomes of Egypt, built for the reigning nomarchs, the priestly class and other administrators. Nomarchs were traditionally free from taxation and their...
- the Memphite kings and powerful nomarchs, notably in Coptos, the Eighth Dynasty was eventually overthrown by the nomarchs of Heracleopolis Magna, who founded...
- by the pharaoh. Generally, when the national government was stronger, nomarchs were the king's appointed governors. When the central government was weaker...
- Herakleopolis, the nomarch of the Oryx nome Baqet III switched from neutrality to an allegiance to the Thebans. Subsequent nomarchs managed to gather a...
- Ibi was an Ancient Egyptian Nomarch of the 6th Dynasty at the end of the Old Kingdom, around 2200 BC. He is well known from his rock cut tomb at Deir...