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The Fertile Margin

Ancient Egypt was mostly desert, but along the Nile River there was a thin strip of fertile land where people could live. As the Nile flowed north from Aswan to the Delta near Cairo, on each side of the river there was a verdant margin suitable for settlements and agriculture. The ancient Egyptians built their civilization along this fertile strip irrigated by annual flooding of the Nile.

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The Fertile Margin

Ancient Egypt was mostly desert, but along the Nile River there was a thin strip of fertile land where people could live. As the Nile flowed north from Aswan to the Delta near Cairo, on each side of the river there was a verdant margin suitable for settlements and agriculture. The ancient Egyptians built their civilization along this fertile strip irrigated by annual flooding of the Nile.

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Ancient Egypt, an arid waste of desert extending over thou-

THE FERTILE MARGIN sands of square miles, left m a n almost n o w h e r e to live but
along a thin green strip of land w a t e r e d by the N i l e . As the
river flowed f r o m south to n o r t h , f r o m the steep cliffs near
A s w a n to the Delta b e y o n d Cairo, the v e r d a n t strip on each

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