Seasonal rains in the Ethiopian Highlands prompt the annual summer flood of the Nile River, arguably the longest river in the world. For thousands of years the flooding of the Nile river made possible the agriculture that supported the dense human population of the river's lower valley and delt...
Why did the Yellow River flood so frequently? Why was the Nile River Valley good for farming? Why is the Nile River unusual compared to other rivers? Why are floods so important in fluvial geomorphology? Why do rivers flow down into the hypolimnion of a lake?
Why does the Nile River flood? Why does coastal erosion produce a straightened shoreline? Why does the sea level rise at night? Why is water considered to be abiotic? Why is the sea level rising in the Maldives? Why is the Great Sandy Desert so dry?
Did you know that the Great Pyramid of Giza weighs 6.5 million tons? Get the facts on what makes this ancient wonder a true architectural marvel. The Nile Was a Source of Rich Farmland The Nile's modern name comes from theNelios, the Greek word for river valley. But the ancient Egyptians...
Ancient Egypt is a civilization of wealth and structure that flourished along the Nile River in northeastern Africa from about 3300 B.C to 30 B.C. In over 3,000 years, one of the most sophisticated and creative societies advanced where no other civilization did. 2,000 years later, it woul...
, of course it had to be more complicated than that.The average amount of time between floodings wasn’t actually 354 days.I mean, although it varies, the average was clearly longer than 354 days.So how did they keep this shorter calendar in step with the actual flooding of the Nile?
So, did God smite them over it? He could have, had He wanted to: He certainly would have been within His right to. But ourGod is a longsuffering and patient Father who is willing to put up with those He loves. Romans 2:4 –“…the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance.”As...
Billy the Kid Lived:1859 – 1881 In 11 words:Lost, unfortunate boy who did dumb things and became an outlaw His main thing:So I knew very little about Billy the Kid going into this. Hebarelyqualified for Zone 2. And when I searched for images of him, this is what I found, which ...
To what phenomenon could this tint - which the blocks' other surfaces did not have - be attributed? To time? Light? To the sand - as unferruginous as it was - that they had covered the blocks for so long? It is hardly likely, for the other surfaces would have shown beginnings of a...
Next he asks Snowden, why did you do this? Once again, to help establish his motives. Snowden here affirms that this was about daylighting what he regarded as troubling issues with the NSA’s surveillance programs against Americans. Then Oliver allows Snowden to offer his unedited opinion of...