Synopsis
Iain Stewart explains the important role that the Nile played in early Egyptian agriculture.
- Programme: How Earth Made Us
- Episode: 02: Water
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2010
- Geography | Rivers and water | The water cycle and river terminology | River characteristics
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