Why is Memphis Egypt important?

Answer 1

Because king Menes created it.
Memphis is important because The city was founded by King Menes, the king who unified Upper & Lower Egypt, in 3,100 BC by creating dikes to protect the area from Nile floods.

ANSWER"Memphis" is the Greek form. In Semitic it would be read Memphit. Also, early Egyptologists, as well as ancient students of Egypt, are never sure how to arrange the hieroglyphs. Thus "Memphit" is also readable as Phit-Mem (Phit-m). That reading is the "Pithom" we find in The Bible (Exodus 1:11). Pithom was a "store" city or Ira Miskenot in Hebrew. The better English reading of that is "city where the god-king dwelled". It was the place (Pi) of T-H-M. These letters were also jumbled in the translation (or transliteration) processes. They also read M-H-T or Em-hat. The name of the god would be "Amen" hence this was the place of Amenemhat or the kings of the 12th dynasty which ruled Egypt from about 1700 to 1500 BC. This was the dynasty in Moses' time. It ended with Egypt's destruction as recorded in the Bible, in 1485 BC. Thus Memphis-Memphit was Pithom of Exodus 1:11.

It also had other names, e.g., "City of Ramesses" because the ramessides later ruled from there (650-550 BC). When the Phoenicians controlled Memphis, it was called Phon or Noph (the reverse of Phon). We also read in Bibles "Migdol" (meaning Tyre or Tower) as a name for Memphis. "Migdol" was the Jewish nickname for Tyre because of the towers the Tyrians constructed at their fortresses. These towers housed archers ready to frighten off would-be raiders of Tyre's precious stones and metals these fortresses guarded.

Memphis-Migdol-Pithom-Noph-Phon-Ramesses-Tahpanhes-Si en Ptah was a handy place for Phoenicians to base themselves because its suburbs became industrial centres for processing African produce shipped down the Nile. Mr Budge's dictionary refers to Heri P-Temai or the suburbs of P-Temai which was Pithom. That's why searchers rarely find Pithom in dictionaries because it is hidden under Heri P-Temai. However, a lot more is being hidden because of the false Egyptian chronology which bedevils any proper research into ancient Egyptian history.