Blue Nile River In Ancient Egypt

The Nile was the center of Ancient Egypt. It was the reason the Egyptians developed the civilization. The areas surrounding Egypt are desert land. The Nile keeps it fertile. “It rises south of the Equator and flows northward through northeastern Africa to drain into the Mediterranean Sea,” said Charles Smith, “It has a length of about 4,132 miles (6,650 kilometres) and drains an area estimated at 1,293,000 square miles (3,349,000 square kilometres).”(britannica.com) The Nile river actually has 2 sections that merge into one. The are called the Blue Nile and the White Nile. The White Nile is the main stream of the Nile and increases in Africa. The Blue Nile is the reason that annual floods bring rich soil to Egypt's farms. In the time of Ancient