Loading diagram...

Why was the River Nile important to the Ancient Egyptians? Location Length Geography (plant life / animals around the river) Uses (transport / farming / use of water in daily life) Why are there so many settlements on the banks? How the river was used for transport (current flows north, helped to get goods from S to N, transporting building materials for infrastructure & transporting people) farming (annual floods that fertilise the land, depositing nutrient rich silt/ use of water) and daily life (washing/drinking/laundry/entertainment/fishing) Papyrus is grown and used for recording (as paper) How they farmed using the tools and the Nile Why the flooding helped Goods transported on Nile (could sell to other nations) | Chalk