They lose their highly educated citizens to the U.S.
They were celebrating the 100th year of the storming of bastille which began the French Revolution .
At this time the capitol of Upper Egypt was known a Nekhen while the capitol of Lower Egypt was Nekheb later called Heiroconopolis (the falcon city).
After many years of warfare it was the warrior-king Menes (c3000BCE) whose armies finally defeated the armies of the southern nomes or city states, that are collectively known to us as Upper Egypt.
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