regions. Geographic features have both promoted and limited interactions with other civilizations and regions. Geography is the study of the Earth and the relationship of humans with their environment. Two geographic features are the Nile River and the Sahara Desert. The Nile River is the longest river of the world. It is also considered the breadbasket of the world since it has provided the Egyptian civilization with many riches. It provides fertile land ideal for farming. How does it have fertile
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STUDYING DR. A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM‚ THE MISSILE MAN AND PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT OF INDIA IN HIS POETIC ORBIT Siddhartha Sankar Ghosh M.A. (Eng)‚ B. Ed.‚ UGC NET (Eng)‚ Ph. D. Scholar (MU) Email- siddharthasankarghosh@hotmail.com Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) is better known as a scientist all over the world. He was a student of physics and aerospace engineering and dreamt to be a part of the Indian Air Force as a pilot of fighter jet. Unfortunately
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Frost‚ GKE1 Task 1 Page 1 GKE Task 1 Part A: Over the centuries there have been many different environmental and geographical factors that have shaped the development of the United States. Two of these factors that I feel are extremely significant to this development are the Irish Potato Famine and the discovery of gold in California. The Irish Potato Famine began in Ireland in September 1845. The famine was caused by an airborne fungus‚ phytophthora infetans‚ which attacks the leaves of the
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2660-2160 B.C.E. in Egyptian history is known as the Old Kingdom. During this period‚ Egypt was a unified kingdom ruled by a King‚ the pharaoh. The territory of Egypt covered from the Nile delta‚ south along the Nile River‚ to the second stretch of waterfalls and rapids‚ or cataract. Directly to the south‚ along the Nile River‚ was the region of Nubia. Nubia was not unified‚ and consisted of smaller Nubian Kingdoms. As authors Jerry H. Bentley and Herbert F. Ziegler state‚ “Nubians wanted to protect
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have documented history and have had very advanced societies for their time. There are three societies in particular whose progressive communities have shattered these Aryan model claims of Roper. Great Zimbabwe‚ Ancient Ghana‚ and the nations of the Nile Valley have all shown that they have a proper history that is well documented before the arrival of Europeans‚ thus impeding on the Aryan model that had been used when first coming to Africa. It is important to understand theories of history to
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Gift of the Nile Herodotus referred to Egypt as the “gift of the Nile” because without the Nile Egypt would not exist. The Nile is the most important physical feature in Egypt. It’s the longest river in the world and flows through the world’s largest desert. Without the Nile Egypt would not be able to exist because the area that Egypt is in it does not rain and there are no other rivers. Egypt only exists along the Nile and the rest is desert. The Nile is Egypt’s only source for water since it
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Life in Ancient Egypt was one of cycles‚ dictated by the Nile. The time to plant‚ the time to harvest‚ even the time to build‚ were dictated by its flowing waters. The Nile ruled Egypt for over two thousand years. However in 31 B.C.‚ a new force came to rule Egypt‚ as it had never been ruled before. The Assyrians‚ Hyksos‚ Persians‚ had all conquered the people of the Nile. Yet later‚ all had been expelled by the Egyptians. Even the mighty Greeks had been assimilated into the Ptolemies‚ ruling Egypt
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Rough draft: Two of the first civilizations were Mesopotamia and Egypt the both faced a similar problem the flooding of the rivers. In Egypt they used the flooding to help grow there crops. In Mesopotamia they completely blocked there flooding and had no way of telling when it would. Overall I think Egypt dealt with the rivers best. Mesopotamia was one of the first known civilizations. The word Mesopotamia comes from Greek meaning between two rivers. However every once in a while the two rivers
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rich history. Especially as a culture. Egypt is home to the most famous historic sites in the world. The Pyramids in Egypt tell a story of their past. The wealth they held and the power they contained. The Nile river is a great example of their power and their value to the rest of the world. The Nile and Egypt itself were huge trading places for as long as people can remember. The British have been transporting cargo there for generations. Egypt made the connection between Europe and Asia. Making Egypt
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meet their needs of eating food and other people’s needs such as their families. The river helps people to travel to different places by transportation such as ships‚ boats‚ and kayaks. Living near rivers can be advantageous. The river‚ such as the Nile‚ not only provides water but also helps to provide a good farmland. The river helps people to get stones and mud to help build their houses. The river helps to provide the surrounding land around it to be more fertile. Also‚ living near rivers helps
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