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Egypt And Ancient Egypt

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Ancient Egypt was a Northeastern African civilization. It was located along the lower part of the Nile River. The ancient civilization was surrounded by desert that protected Egypt from invasion, but it also limited where the people could settle. Many farming villages were located along the edge of the land and were watered by the Nile. In Egypt, there were also two areas of land: the Black Land and the The Red Land. The Black Land had rich soil, was ten miles wide, and was well irrigated. On the other hand, the Red Land stretched across North Africa and was a sun-baked desert. Because the Egyptians were located next to the Nile, they experienced the flooding that happened every year. Every spring they waited expectantly for the flood that would save their crops. The people used their location to their advantage and built dikes, reservoirs, and irrigation ditches to channel the river and to store for the dry season. Ancient Egypt was separated into two regions: Upper Egypt, found in the south; and Lower Egypt, found in the north. Upper Egypt stretched from Egypt´s first waterfall to 100 miles from the Mediterranean Sea. Lower Egypt was near the delta region where the Nile River flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile was the most important part of the Egyptian´s location because it served as a highway between the north and south, helped make Egypt one of the world's first unified states, was used as a trade route, and was used for easier communication.

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