The Gift of the Nile

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The River _________ runs through the middle of Egypt. On both sides of the Nile is desert where nothing will _________. People could not live in Egypt if the River Nile did not exist.

Every year, in ancient times, the River Nile ____________. The water brought with it the rich black ________. When the flood water went down the __________ planted seeds in the mud, it helped them to grow really well. They watered the seeds using __________ from the Nile.

During the time of the flood the farmers could not do their farming work so they had to work for the _____________. They built statues and ____________.

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