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Social Studies Essential UNIT Question: How did the ancient world contribute to the development of civilization?
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Social Studies Standards
Case study of an early people of the Middle East (Sumer, Egypt, or Mesopotamia): 3.1 a, 3.1 c, 3.1 d
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Focus Question # 19: How did the Nile River affect the life of the people of Egypt?
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The Nile River is Life & Death
The Nile River passes through Egypt and provides rich soil deposits of silt that fertilize land. As a result, the ancient people of Egypt were able to raise crops and feed themselves; The Nile floods every May; It was either high water or hunger.
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Continued The Nile is the world’s longest river (4,000 miles long);
It flows through the modern countries of Uganda, Ethiopia and the Sudan; Much of East Africa experiences a rainy season from May until September. The Nile River flows into a delta, which is a fertile fan-shaped area that branches into the Mediterranean.
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Egyptian Geography Northern Egypt is called Lower Egypt because it lies “lower,” or downstream, on the river. Upper Egypt in the south is “upstream.” The Nile cuts through different landscapes; some areas are desert and others are more fertile, like the Delta region.
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The Flooding of the Nile River
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The Nile and Its Delta
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The Delta
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Activity:
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Homework # 29:
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Today’s Middle East
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Today I Learned . . .
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