Examples of Nomes in the following topics:
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- During the First Intermediate Period, the governors of the nomes of Egypt—
nomarchs—gained considerable power.
- To strengthen his position, Amenemhet required registration of land, modified nome borders, and appointed nomarchs directly when offices became vacant.
- Egypt was divided into three warets, or administrative divisions: North, South, and Head of the South (perhaps Lower Egypt, most of Upper Egypt, and the nomes of the original Theban kingdom during the war with Herakleopolis, respectively).
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- It was in this era that formerly independent ancient Egyptian states became known as nomes, and were ruled solely by the king.