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Egypt Chapter 3

Geography of the Nile

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The Nile begins here. Khartoum, Sudan
The Nile flows this direction North
The Nile is how many miles long? More than 4000
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow this direction. South
The Greek historian who explored Egypt in 400s BC and couldn't get past the rapids but wrote down his observations of Egypt. Herodotus
The two main sources of the Nile The Blue Nile The White Nile
Tell which of the Nile sources is calm and which is rough White calm Blue rough
The two sources of the Nile meet here Khartoum Sudan
The northern tip of the S shape made by the Nile is where? Aswan
The southern part of the S shape of the Nile is here Khartoum
The Nubian section of the Nile is how long? 1,000 miles
Any strong flood or rush of water cataract
The Nubian section of the Nile had this many cataracts 6
The 2 sections of Nubia are called this Upper Nubia Lower Nubia
This section is located between the second and the sixth cataracts. Upper Nubia
This section is located between the 1st and the 2nd cataracts Lower Nubia
It rarely rained in this section of Nubia Lower Nubia
In this section of Nubia, the desert and granite mountains lined the riverbanks leaving very little farmland. Lower Nubia
In this section of Nubia, it did rain so people could farm, but the farmland was in a very narrow strip Upper Nubia
The ancient Egyptian section of the Nile was this long 700 miles
Where is Ancient Egypt located? Aswan to the Med. Sea
This section of ancient Egypt was a fertile, marshy area. Lower Egypt
A fertile triangular shaped plain at the mouth of a river formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water. Delta
Every spring, waters came rushing down from the highlands of here Central Africa
The name the ancient Egyptians gave their land Kemet - means black land
Egyptians didn't have to worry about this but the Mesopotamians did flash flooding
Beyond the fertile river banks lay this land which was the vast desert spread out on either side of the river the red land
The hostile deserts were a blessing to the Egyptians and Nubians for this reason it kept out invaders - different from Mesopotamians who were easily invade due to being in an open field
The Egyptians were not isolated because of this the nile
The Nile valley provided a path for trade with Central Africa
The Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea provided access to here Southwest Asia
Communities first appeared here in 4000 BC the Nile delta of Lower Egypt
The first Nubian communities emerged when? around 3800 bc
Farming was difficult in Nubia so people did this for food Fished in the Nile Hunted ducks and other birds along the Nile banks
ships could float north on the Nile because of this Nile flowed north
ships could sail upriver because of this wind blew south
Another trade route beside the Nile was this across the Eastern Desert and the Red Sea TO Mesopotamia
What valuable goods came from the Eastern Coast of the Mediterranean Sea? Cedar (wood)
What valuable goods came from Nubia? gold
Caravans traveling the over land trade routes had these 4 things gold silver copper and fine pottery
The Nubians became famous for this traders
Name a few things from the Nubian caravan into Egypt that had 300 donkeys ebony wood, ivory from elephant tusks, ostrich feathers and eggs and panther skins.
A lake created by the building of a dam on the Nile in the 1960's. The creation of this lake threatened to flood ancient temples that the Egyptians had carved into the cliffs above the Nubian Nile. Lake Nasser
A modern dam build to control flooding while still providing water for irrigating crops. The Aswan High Dam
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