Compare And Contrast Geography And Early Egypt

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Geography and Early Egypt

Do you know about early life and early egypt? Many different types of things. For example, The Nile, Menes, and the two kingdoms. They are all very different but, very interesting. According to “ Ancient Egypt”, “ The ancient egyptians thought of egypt as being divided into two types of lands, the “ black land “ and the “ red land “. What is the Nile? The Nile is “ The Gift of the Nile “. It brought life to egypt, by its water. It allowed it to thrive. The Nile flowed through rocky, hilly land south of egypt. This rough terrain caused cataracts, or rapids to form. Almost every year, the Nile flooded Upper Egypt in midsummer and Lower Egypt in the fall. The Nile divided into several branches that

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