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Choose a Page:What are the pyramids?When was the ancient Egyptian civi...What is the Sphinx?Why were the pyramids built in tha...What was the easiest way to travel...*Why did the Egyptians live near th...*Were there any temples in ancient ...What was the religion of ancient E...What is the Valley of the Kings?Could Egyptians write?What did the Egyptians call their ...Did the Egyptians have cities?What is a mummy? Why did the Egyptians live near the Nile River? Although ancient Egypt was a very large country, most people lived along a narrow strip of land either side of the Nile River, because this was where the good farmland was found. Every summer, monsoon rains falling on the mountains in Ethiopia, south of Egypt, flowed into the river, which flooded, making the land near its banks very fertile. The floodwaters of the Nile River went down after a few weeks, leaving dark, fertile soil along the river banks.   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: History Chapter: Ancient Egypt