Place · river
Nile
The Nile is the longest river in Africa, flowing north through Sudan and Egypt to the Mediterranean. Its annual flood sustained the agricultural economy of Egypt and Nubia and made the valley one of the richest regions of the ancient and medieval world. It was the foundation of the Egyptian New Kingdom and the Kushite Empire, and later supported the Ptolemaic Empire, the Fatimid Caliphate, the Ayyubid Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate.
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