The Nile River In Ancient Egypt

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This project is about how the people of Egypt dependented on the Nile River during the ancient times for food and minerals. The project will describe that Egypt is a desert and without the Nile river water they will not be able to have water. The project will show that the Nile River gave irrigation and gave transportation to the people of Egypt. The project will also explain how none of the achievements of the remarkable ancient Egyptian civilization would have been possible without the Nile River. Further, the project will show that the Nile River protected the Egyptians from invasion because it kept invaders’ boat out. Information for this project came sources, such as book, articles, essays, and textbooks. There

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