Because the nile river runs south to north instead of north to south and since Egypt depended on the nile they based their country on the nile.
Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
Upper Egypt is up river from lower Egypt.
upper and lower egypt.-Anna
Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
Upper Egypt is in the South, Lower Egypt is in the north at the mouth of the Nile.
Lower and upper egypt
upper egypt annd lower egypt
lower egypt is north and upper egypt is south because of the elevation. lower egypt is down hill and upper egypt is up hill
It is based on the flow of the River Nile which runs from South to North. Upper Egypt is up river and lower Egypt Down river.
The Nile ends when it goes into the Mediterranean sea however it technically ends in Upper Egypt
In Ancient Egypt, upper Egypt was south and lower Egypt was north. So by travelling up you'd be going south.
upper and lower Egypt.-Anna