Geography

Around 3500 B.C. the Nile River was not the most Ideal place to grow crops and have live stock. It stretched through a vast desert and showed little signs of life. But each year the Nile would flood nearby land with water and silt. thanks to the floods Egyptians were able to make it into rich farmlands. This would also make Egypt one of the most powerful ancient civilizations in the world. Another important Facet of Egyptian Geography is the deserts. The Western desert lies west of the Nile to the Libyan border. It stretches north to south from the Mediterranean Sea to the border with Sudan. It is about 262,800 Square Miles big. While it is mostly rocky there is a 28,000 square mile patch of sand called the great sand sea. It was stolen from Ancient Libya. It is part of the Sahara which covers most of North Africa. The Eastern Desert stretches east from the Nile to the red sea. It Also cover parts of Sudan and Ethiopia. It is also known as the Arab desert because the first settlers there were Arabs in pre Islamic Egypt.