Egypt's Location
Egypt is located in this part of the African continent.
northeastern Africa
This distinction makes the Nile famous — no river in the world is longer.
longest river in the world
Egyptian farmers planted their seeds in the wet, silt-rich mud left behind after this annual event.
Nile flood
These were Egypt's two main agricultural exports traded to other regions.
wheat (and barley) OR papyrus (and linen)
These were the three largest cities in ancient Egypt.
Thebes, Memphis, and Giza
This country shares Egypt's western border.
Libya
The Nile begins its journey at Lake Victoria in this country.
Uganda
This was the name of the Nile's flooding season, lasting from July through October.
Akhet
Egyptians imported cedar and cypress timber from the forests of this Middle Eastern country.
Lebanon
This term describes the part of Egypt located in the SOUTH, along the narrow strip of the Nile River.
Upper Egypt
This body of water forms Egypt's northern border.
Mediterranean Sea
The White Nile and the Blue Nile meet in this city in Sudan to form the Nile River.
Khartoum
During this season, November through February, Egyptian farmers planted their crops in the fertile silt.
Peret
This prized blue gemstone, imported from Afghanistan, was used by Egyptians to make jewelry and ornaments.
lapis lazuli
This Egyptian queen, who ruled in the mid-1400s BCE, sent a famous trading expedition to the East African region of Punt.
Queen Hatshepsut
Because Egypt is located near this invisible line around the middle of the Earth, its climate is warm year-round.
Equator
Ancient Egyptians called the Nile "Ar" or "Aur," meaning this color — named after the dark soil it carried.
black
In this early irrigation method, fields were divided by dirt mounds into large depressions that trapped floodwater — some as big as 50,000 acres!
basin irrigation
Egypt imported gold and tropical woods from this region located southeast of Egypt along the Nile.
Nubia
Punt, the destination of Queen Hatshepsut's trading fleet, is located in the modern-day countries of Ethiopia and this neighboring country.
Djibouti
Egypt's four geographic regions are the Nile River & Delta, the Eastern Desert, the Sinai Peninsula, and this vast western region.
Western Desert
This term describes the fan-shaped, fertile area of land at the mouth of the Nile where it empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
delta
These four crops were the most important grown along the Nile River Valley.
wheat, barley, flax, and papyrus
By this year (in BCE), Egypt had become the wealthiest civilization in the ancient Middle East.
1500 BCE
This is the term for the ruler (king or queen) of ancient Egypt — the most powerful person in society who received most of the luxury trade goods.
pharaoh