The Floods of the Nile

Each year rainfall far to the south of Egypt in the highlands of East Africa caused the Nile to flood.The Nlies floods were easier to predict then those in Mesopotamia.Almost every year,the nile fooded upper Eygpt in the mid-summer and lower Eygpt in the fall.As in the Mesopotamians,the silt made the soil ideal for farming .The silt also made the land a dark color. This is why Eygptains called thier country the black land. For them, the river's floods were a life-giving miracle. Without the floods,people would never have farmed in Eygpt.