Why was the Nile called life blood?

Every year the Nile would flood its banks, this would provide vital fertile silt and water to the land so that it could continue to grow crops. The ancient Egyptians developed irrigation methods to increase their crop yields that in turn supported the large population and mighty civilization of ancient Egypt.



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Although the river has several other names, the second most common name it bears is “Ar” in Egypt, which means the black river. The name developed because of the black sediment the river would deposit in the fields during its annual floods.

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Blood. To unleash the first plague upon the Egyptians, Moses struck the river Nile with his staff, turning its waters to blood. At the same time, his brother Aaron performed an identical transformation in the canals, tributaries, ponds and pools throughout Egypt.

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But, this time at least, it is not the wrath of god that is responsible for the river's crimson hue: The European Space Agency's Sentinel-3A satellite, which took the picture, uses a radiometer to measure infrared energy. The heat radiated by vegetation around the river is therefore responsible for the red color.

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ASWAN, Egypt (Reuters) - A granite inscription tells us that for seven years during the reign of the ancient Egyptian king Djoser, the Nile failed to go through its annual flooding cycle, causing a devastating drought and famine.

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Melting snow and heavy summer rain in the Ethiopian Mountains sent a torrent of water causing the banks of the River Nile in Egypt to overflow on the flat desert land. Why does the Nile not flood now ? The construction of the Aswan Dam in the 1960's meant that from 1970 the annual flood was controlled.

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The ancient Egyptians referred to the river's yearly flooding as the miracle of the Nile. The river rose in the summer from heavy rains in central Africa, in autumn it overflow in Egypt leaving behind a deposit of mud that created an area of rich soil .

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The Bible says Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River. The river's eastern bank, modern-day Jordan, and its western one both house baptismal sites, where rituals of faith unfold, a reflection of the river's enduring religious, historical and cultural allure.

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