1. How much does geography affect people’s lives?
Geographic Feature
Effect on Egypt
The Nile Valley of Egypt
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Only strip of fertile land between 2 deserts
People settled on the river because it was the only
place to grow crops
Nile Delta
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Egypt’s gateway to the sea and nearby countries
(for trade)
Very fertile area for growing crops
Fertile because of yearly flooding
Vast Deserts
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use of sand for preservation and building
dry, hot = hard to travel to other parts of Africa
kept Egypt and Nubia isolated
Egypt and Nubia had to trade with each other
The Cataracts
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made travel by boat impossible
limited the water traffic to Nubia
Nubia grade had to be carried over land
The Sources of the Nile
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two sources came together to form the Nile
these sources opened travel farther into Africa