What Country Was Bur Said In?

Bur Said (Bur Sa`id, Egypt) lies within 11 different states on Chronica Maps' 39 historical border maps. The longest stretch is under Roman Empire, from 1 BC to AD 299. The earliest state recorded here is Achaemenid Empire (500 BC).

Who ruled Bur Said?

Period (by border map)	Ruled by
500 BC – 324 BC	Achaemenid Empire
323 BC – 301 BC	Empire of Alexander
300 BC – 2 BC	Ptolemaic Kingdom
1 BC – AD 299	Roman Empire
AD 300 – AD 399	Rome (Diocletianus)
AD 400 – AD 699	Eastern Roman Empire
AD 700 – AD 799	Umayyad Caliphate
AD 800 – AD 999	Abbasid Caliphate
1000 – 1299	Fatimid Caliphate
1300 – 1599	Mamluk Sultanate
1600 – 1814	Ottoman Empire
1815 – today	Egypt

Map showing Bur Said in AD 100 — Border map for AD 100. See Europe in AD 100.

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Historic cities nearby

Cairo · about 170 km
Alexandria · about 230 km
Jerusalem · about 280 km
Tyre · about 350 km

Battles and events within 200 km

Suez Canal · 1869

Landmarks nearby

Great Pyramid of Giza

Based on approximate historical borders; towns close to a frontier may be assigned to a neighbouring state.

Famous people from the region

Lived	Person
c. 325 BC – 265 BC	Euclid	Mathematician
69 BC – 30 BC	Cleopatra VII	Queen of Egypt
c. AD 100 – AD 170	Ptolemy	Astronomer and geographer
c. AD 355 – AD 415	Hypatia	Philosopher and mathematician
1918 – 1970	Gamal Abdel Nasser	President of Egypt

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.