When the Nile retreated, it left behind rich silt, making the farmers know that they were always going to be planting in fertile soil. Except for those years when the flood was extremely high or low, the Egyptians knew that the river would guarantee the them that they wouldn't starve to death. How would you like to depend your life on a river? I know I wouldn't. The Nile fertilized the land around by man-made irrigation canals. That would suck to spend your whole day just digging big trenches.Therefore there would be no Egyptian civilization without the Nile.
I agree, having a river decide whether you will live would totally suck! I wonder if Egyptians were ever actually killed because the Nile's waters got too high. then instead of saving you, the water would kill you.
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