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transport for humans

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Trade and transport of goods

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Fishing-provided food

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Cleaning themselves and washing cooking implements/equipment

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Parasites-cause sickness

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Drought-no silt-no fertile soil-no crops

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Too much water-flooding-destroying crops and houses

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The River Nile was helpful to the Ancient Egyptians because they used it for _______________, ____________________, ____________________and _____________________. Flooding could also be helpful as it left behind ____ on the floodplains. This made the ground _________, so that farmers could grow their __________.

However, sometimes it could be unhelpful when the _________ didn’t come so there wasn’t enough _________ to grow __________. The shortage of water could cause a____________. In a ________ people and  animals die from ___________ and _________. Floods were also dangerous because _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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drought

thirst

rain

starvation

silt

crops

fertile

parasites

water

caused illness

transport

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'The River Nile was a source of life and death for the Ancient Egyptians.’

Explain whether you agree or disagree with this statement and why. Write in the PAST TENSE.

Challenge yourself by including information on:

- How rivers were used by Ancient Egyptians

- Examples of benefits and threats of the annual Nile River flood

- Use the correct vocabulary: flood, drought, silt, dynasty

-The UAE has no rivers but lots of settlement. How is it possible in more recent and in current times to not live near a river?

-In your opinion are rivers as important in modern civilisations? Why?

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Can you draw a labelled/ coloured diagram to show how flood water rose over the bank and deposited silt onto the soil, therefore making it fertile when the flood water evaporated/ soaked into the ground?