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11 Cards in this Set
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2 nile civilizations developed around 3000 BC |
1. Egypt 2. Nubia |
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herodotus- the nile river |
gives birth to a new civilization & gave life to the desert |
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the delta- a fan shaped area of land (describe) |
1. mostly swampy 2. some farmland |
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area in the desert where there is enough water for farming |
oasis |
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the eastern desert- describe |
1. no oasis 2. valuable minerals |
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area of rapids and/or waterfalls |
1. protection 2. made trade more difficult |
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the nile was the ______ river in the world not the ______ |
longest not the largest |
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how many miles is the nile? |
4145 |
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nile flows from ________ to _______ emptying into the __________ sea |
south to north
mediterannian |
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___% of the nile runs through egypt |
22 |
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source of the blue nile |
lake Tana in Ethiopia |
