Egypt is located in __the corner of theNortheast___east Africa. Ancient Egypt included two regions, southern and northern.
Southern Egypt was called Upper Egypt because it was upriver in relation to the Nile’s flow.
Northern Egypt, or Lower Egypt, because it was a downriver.
Around 7000 years ago people began to settle along the Nile River.
The Nile River
The Nile River is over __4000 miles long, making it the longest river in the world.
The River Nile begins in central Africa and runs North through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.
The _source, or start, of the Nile is in Ethiopia.
The mouth, or end, of the Nile is in the Mediterranean Sea.
The civilization of ancient Egypt developed along a ___750 mile stretch of the Nile
Once people began farming along the fertile banks of the Nile, a civilization quickly developed
“The Gift of the Nile”
The Greek historian Herodotus wrote that "Egypt was the gift of the Nile"
All of Egypt depended on the Nile for water, food, and transportation.
Each year rainfall caused floods in __upper_egypt in mid-summer and in lower egypt in the fall.
The Nile’s flooding coated the land around it with a rich _silt
Without the Nile’s regular ___flooding, people never could have farmed in Egypt. plz fill in the blanks