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Around 10,000 years ago, North Africa was a lush savannah where different groups of people lived, primarily as hunters and gatherers. However, changes in the climate led to the area gradually drying out. Around 5000 BC, large areas of the savannah had become a desert with people making their way down to the Nile Valley where they began farming. Conditions for farming were good along the Nile, whic...
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Around 10,000 years ago, North Africa was a lush savannah where different groups of people lived, primarily as hunters and gatherers. However, changes in the climate led to the area gradually drying out. Around 5000 BC, large areas of the savannah had become a desert with people making their way down to the Nile Valley where they began farming. Conditions for farming were good along the Nile, which every summer, would flood its banks, covering them in fertile slurry. Farming requires constant supervision and so, people started settling in small villages along the Nile. Some of the villages grew into towns and became important political entities, controlled by local leaders. The Nile flows from south to north. The region located upstream – to the south – is called Upper Egypt. Lower Egypt consists of the Nile Delta in the north. Around 3100 BC, the entire region was united under one king. This first dynasty marks the beginning of a long history of pharaohs in Ancient Egypt. The time before the first dynasties is called the Predynastic Period.
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