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9 Cards in this Set
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cataract
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rock filled rapids in lower nubia section
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delta
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streams form a triangle shape and contains very fertile soil
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silt
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floods bring ricg fertile soil
thick |
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Herodotus
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greek historian
discovered traveled north |
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what direction does the nile river travel?
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north
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order of lower and upper nubia and egypt
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lower egypt
upper egypt lower nubia upper nubia |
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how does the geography of the nile river change as it runs from its souces to the delta
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higher south lower north
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how did the nile support early egyptians and nubians in ancient times?
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food
birds fish farming trading |
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why did ancient egyptians call their land kemet or the black land
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it's dark soil left by the floods
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