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Why did people make settlements near the Nile river?

Rich green vegetation lines the fertile banks of Egypt’s Nile River,

culminating in the green fan of the river’s delta. The contrast

between the green around the river and the surrounding tan of

the northern Sahara Desert makes the river easy to see in

this satellite image such as this one, sent in July 2004.

What sea is this? RED SEA

What sea is this?

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Why did people make settlements near the Nile river?

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Views of the Nile river – the old and the modern

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Uses of the Nile River

irrigation

papyrus

Mud for bricks

Water to drink

fishing

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A shadoof (shaduf) used for

drawing water from the Nile

River for irrigational purposes.

Could you make a model of a shadoof?

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