Nile Valley

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geographical region river valley

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)

Surface form Occurrences
Nile floodplain 2
Nile Basin 1
Nile Delta 1
Nile River valley 1
Nile Valley around Luxor 1
Nile Valley civilization 1
Nile Valley civilizations 1
Nile Valley region 1
Nile valley 1

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)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coptic script → primaryRegion → Nile Valley ⓘ
Ancient Egyptian → region → Nile Valley ⓘ
Fourth Dynasty of Egypt → region → Nile Valley ⓘ
Luxor → region → Nile Valley ⓘ
Mahdist Sudan → region → Nile Valley ⓘ
Mahdist War → region → Nile Valley ⓘ
Nilo-Saharian phylum → region → Nile Valley ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Sudanese Arabic → region → Nile Valley ⓘ
Narmer → regionOfRule → Nile Valley ⓘ
Pepi II Neferkare → ruledRegion → Nile Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nile Valley around Luxor
Egyptian language family → spokenIn → Nile Valley ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages → spokenIn → Nile Valley ⓘ
Copts → traditionalRegion → Nile Valley ⓘ