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Nile
Information on the Nile, the river of Egypt that made ancient Egypt the great ancient power it would become.
What Is the Nile?
In ancient Egypt, the flooding of the Nile was predictable enough for the Egyptians to plan their yearly crops around it. Learn more about the Nile.
Map of the Nile Delta
Map of the Nile Delta, from the Perry-Castañeda Library Historical Atlas, by William R. Shepherd.
Predynastic Egypt - Period of Egypt Before the First Dynasty
During this period, when people first began to settle along the banks of the Nile (Nahr an Nil) and to evolve from hunters and gatherers to settled, subsistence agriculturalists, Egypt developed the written language, religion, and institutions that made it the world's first organized society.