1. Welcome to Egypt
Lesson 10

2. The Nile River Valley
The Nile River flows from south to north from mountains that are 4,000 miles away!
It is the longest river in the world.
It provides fertile soil in the middle of one of the World’s largest deserts.
Early farmers settled along it’s edges for obvious reasons and for the same reasons that Sumerians settled in Mesopotamia.

3. The Nile Delta
A delta is a triangle shaped area of fertile soil that appears at the end of a river.

5. Natural Walls
Geography protects people with natural features that can act like walls or barriers to keep people out.

6. Floods
Like in Mesopotamia, the Nile River floods bringing fresh soil in the Spring.

7. What do you think this famous saying about the Nile means?
The Gift of the Nile
What do you think this famous saying about the Nile means?

8. A series of rulers who come from the same family.
Dynasty
A series of rulers who come from the same family.

9. Pharaoh
The leader of the Egyptian people was called the pharaoh. Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was a god.