were one of the most powerful ancient civilizations to ever exist. The location of Ancient Egypt is in the northeastern part of Africa. The main river in Ancient Egypt is the Nile River. This river is a vital asset to Ancient Egypt and their success. To the left of Ancient Egypt is the Sahara Desert. The Sahara Desert one of the biggest and hottest deserts in the world. To the right of Ancient Egypt is the Red Sea‚ this feeds into the Arabian Sea. A stretch of land called the Fertile
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Human Interactions Over the past years the Sahara desert has changed as a result of human interactions. Such as tourism‚ mining for oil‚ military testings‚ nuclear bombings and pollution. Desertification is one of the many negative human interactions in the Sahara Desert. Desertification is caused by climatic changes‚ over-grazing‚ deforestation for fuel or materials‚ droughts and ploughing the land for agriculture‚ these all led to the soil eroding away leaving the unprotected layer drying out in
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of Africa can all be understood through the gifts of the Nile River. Although The Nile River is still shrouded in opinions‚ including its length and source‚ virtually everyone acknowledges that Ancient Egypt and Ancient Africa could have never existed without these massive bodies of water. While the majority of Egypt is still covered in unforgivable sand‚ the river basin next to the Nile boasts wildlife and fertile soil. In Gifts of the Nile Valley it states‚ “at times it was a mile deep and fifteen
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of two parts of the Saharan desert. However‚ there are two natural landscape feature that does provide haven from the dry desert land‚ the Nile River and the Nile Delta. No one knows specifically how the river formed but there are theories. One theory is that the Nile river is a result of According to Britannica Encyclopedia‚ the Nile river moves northward toward the Mediterranean sea‚ cutting right through the deserts of Egypt. The valley created by the Nile river created fertile land for ancient
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Throughout history‚ geographic features have had an impact on historical and cultural growth of civilizations‚ empires‚ and regions of the world. This statement is proven with many civilizations‚ including the Greeks‚ Phoenicians and Assyrians‚ which were all very prosperous and successful. Many of the accomplishments of the empires above had a lot to do with their location and surroundings of their region. Due to the mountains in Greece‚ a unified empire could not be formed‚ therefore many city-states
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The gift of the River Nile Done by: Priscilla Gan‚ 1PE (14) Table of contents: Introduction -page 1 Its role in ancient Egypt -Economically -page 2 -Socially -page 3 -Culturally -page 5 -Politically -page 7 Bibliolography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/river-nile-facts.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Ancient Egyptians materials and technology
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The Nile River By Shelbi Glenn 2-27-13 The Nile River is in Africa. The name Nile comes from the Greek word “Neilos”‚ which means valley. The Nile starts in Burundi and flows northward through Northeastern Africa. It flows through Egypt and dumps into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile River is 6‚670 km (4‚160 miles) in length and is the longest river in the world. The Nile River had a huge impact on Egyptian history because of wildlife‚ plants and the flooding. The wildlife had an impact
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Do the Sahara Desert and Arctic Region have a high or low bio-diversity compared to a rainforest explain your statement? The bio-diversity of the Arctic and the Sahara are minute compared with the high levels of biodiversity that the rainforest possesses‚ the Arctic and the Sahara are placed in regions where the conditions for a living organism to survive and nurture is harsh and ruthless. Suitable environmental conditions are the ideal regions in which living organisms should live in as it allows
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The Nile River Herodotus‚ a well-known Greek Historian‚ Called Egypt: ‘The Gift of The Nile.’ If it was not for the existence of the Nile River‚ Egypt would have been miles of barren sand with no future. The Nile played such an important role in the development of the Ancient Egyptian civilization that the history of Egypt and the Nile cannot be separated. The Nile is 6650 km long and 2.8 km wide. This makes it the longest river in the world. It has a very large catchment area of more than
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The Atacama Desert forms one of the major hyper-arid deserts of the world and it is known to be the driest place on Earth. The extreme aridity of the climate and unusual mineralogy of the regolith in the Atacama region is of considerable interest because of its value as an analogue to the Martian surface. The sedimentary succession in the Atacama Desert records deposition under an arid to semiarid climate from the late Jurassic (150Ma) to the present day (Hartley‚ 2005). Comparison with other long-lived
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