The entire political and economic history of Damietta

Damietta is an ancient city. It was mentioned in the Torah as "Caphtor," and was known in the Greek era as "Thamiates" and in the Coptic era as "Thamiati." It is said that the meaning of this word in the ancient Egyptian language is: the northern land or the land that grows flax, and we can hardly We find mention of it in ancient references, but our knowledge of it begins after the Islamic conquest of Egypt.Perhaps the secret behind the mystery of its ancient history is that the Damietta Branch was the least important of the seven ancient branches of the Nile, and the Blue Branch that empties into the sea at the city of Blozim - or Al-Farma - was the most important of the branches that pass east of the Delta, and that two ancient cities were adjacent to Damietta on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, They have their own characteristics and characteristics, namely: the city of Tinnis, and the city of Al-Farma or Blosim, each of which overlooked the Mediterranean Sea.