“History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective” S:1 E:4 The Gift of the Nile

S:1 E:4 The Gift of the Nile Your introduction to Egypt reveals a civilization irrevocably shaped by geography. You learn how the Nile’s predictable annual flooding of its banks, though creating a fertile strip amounting to only 3% of Egypt, permitted civilization to thrive in what was otherwise an uninhabitable desert.