Nile Valley

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The Nile Valley is the fertile river corridor in northeastern Africa that supported the rise and flourishing of ancient Egyptian civilization.

Observed surface forms (9)


Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
river valley
borderedBy Eastern Desert of Egypt
surface form: Eastern Desert

Sahara Desert
Western Desert
climate arid
semi-arid
country Burundi
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Egypt
Ethiopia
Kenya
Rwanda
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
dependsOn Nile River flow
economicActivity agriculture
fishing
river transport
tourism
hasMajorArchaeologicalSite Abu Simbel temples
Giza Pyramids
surface form: Giza pyramid complex

Karnak Temple Complex
Kingdom of Meroë
surface form: Meroë

Philae
Valley of the Kings
hasMajorCity Aswan
Cairo
Khartoum
Luxor
hasPart Nile Valley and Nile Delta
surface form: Lower Nile Valley

Nile Delta
Nile Valley self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nile floodplain

Upper Nile Valley
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
historicalPeriodOfFlourishing Middle Kingdom of Egypt
New Kingdom of Egypt
Old Kingdom of Egypt
Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Pharaonic period

Predynastic Egypt
Ptolemaic Kingdom
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt
surface form: Roman Egypt
knownFor annual Nile floods
fertile alluvial soils
intensive irrigation agriculture
languageCurrentlySpoken Arabic
languageHistoricallySpoken Ancient Egyptian
Coptic
locatedIn Northeast Africa
surface form: Northeastern Africa
majorRiver Blue Nile
White Nile
partOf Nile Valley self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nile Basin
primaryCrops barley
dates
flax
papyrus
vegetables
wheat
religionCurrentlyPracticed Christianity
Islam
religionHistoricallyPracticed Ancient Egyptian religion
supportedCivilization Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt

Kingdom of Kush
Nubia
surface form: Nubian kingdoms
traversedBy Nile
surface form: Nile River

Referenced by (65)

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Nubian Desert adjacentTo Nile Valley
Western Desert borderedBy Nile Valley
Byzantine Egypt contains Nile Valley
Inside Ancient Egypt focusesOn Nile Valley
this entity surface form: Nile Valley civilization
Egyptology geographicFocus Nile Valley
this entity surface form: Nile Valley civilizations
Beni Suef city hasNearbyFeature Nile Valley
subject surface form: Beni Suef
Nile Valley hasPart Nile Valley self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nile floodplain
Dahshur necropolis hasView Nile Valley
West Bank necropolis hasViewOf Nile Valley
Minya locatedAlong Nile Valley
Qena Governorate locatedAlong Nile Valley
this entity surface form: Nile Valley region
Early Dynastic Egypt locatedIn Nile Valley
Ihnasya locatedIn Nile Valley
Lower Nubia locatedIn Nile Valley
Middle Kingdom of Egypt locatedIn Nile Valley
New Kingdom of Egypt locatedIn Nile Valley
Nubia locatedIn Nile Valley
Nubian pyramids locatedIn Nile Valley
Pharaonic Egypt locatedIn Nile Valley
Predynastic Egypt locatedIn Nile Valley
Ptolemaic Kingdom locatedIn Nile Valley
this entity surface form: Nile Delta
Ptolemaic Kingdom locatedIn Nile Valley
Upper Egypt locatedIn Nile Valley
Fashn locatedInGeographicRegion Nile Valley
this entity surface form: Nile River valley
Beba locatedInRegion Nile Valley
Khartoum North locatedInRegion Nile Valley
this entity surface form: Nile valley
Nasser locatedInRegion Nile Valley
Qena locatedInRegion Nile Valley
Assiut locatedInValley Nile Valley
Mit Rahina locatedInValley Nile Valley
Temple of Debod originalLocation Nile Valley
Colossi of Memnon overlooks Nile Valley
this entity surface form: Nile floodplain
Aswan partOf Nile Valley
central Egypt partOf Nile Valley
subject surface form: Central Egypt
Nile Valley partOf Nile Valley self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nile Basin
Ta Shemau partOf Nile Valley
Upper Egypt partOf Nile Valley