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. |
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