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The Gift of the Nile River
The gift of the River Nile
Done by: Priscilla Gan, 1PE (14)

Table of contents:

Introduction -page 1 Its role in ancient Egypt
-Economically -page 2
-Socially -page 3
-Culturally -page 5
-Politically -page 7

Bibliolography:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/river-nile-facts.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt
Ancient Egyptians materials and technology by Paul T. Nicholson, Ian Shaw http://www.riverschool.org/students/work/culture.e.econ.htm http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egypt-houses.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/hapi.htm http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_french_egypt.html http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/introancientegypt1.htm http://www.enotes.com/history/q-and-a/who-built-suez-canal-why-was-important-when-170823 http://www.beforeus.com/egypt.htm http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egypt-map.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataracts_of_the_Nile
Children’s encyclopedia of history by Dr Anne Millard and Patricia Vanays. Publisher: Ursborne publishing LTD

INTRODUCTION:

The river Nile is about 4130 miles long and is the longest river in Africa and the world. In Egypt, the River Nile creates a fertile green valley across the desert. It was by the banks of the river that one of the oldest civilizations in the world began. The ancient Egyptians lived and farmed along the Nile, using the soil to produce food for themselves and their animals. Through almost entirely the desert, the northern section of the river flows, from Sudan into Egypt, a country where civilizations has depended on the river since ancient times. The Nile ends in a large delta that drains into the Mediterranean Sea. Most of the population of Egypt and cites can be found along the river along parts of the Nile valley, most of the

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