History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective

Ancient Egypt: The Gift of the Nile

Special Interest Dec 16, 2011 30 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E4: Your introduction to Egypt reveals a civilization irrevocably shaped by geography. You learn how the Nile's predictable annual flooding of its banks, though creating a fertile strip amounting to only 3% of Egypt, permitted civilization to thrive in what was otherwise an uninhabitable desert.

Special Interest Dec 16, 2011 30 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2011
Run Time: 30 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.