# Upper and Lower Egypt

Understand that ancient Egypt was divided into Upper Egypt (the narrow river valley in the south) and Lower Egypt (the wide delta in the north), that the two lands were united under one pharaoh, and that Egyptians managed the Nile's water through irrigation canals and shadufs to grow crops year-round

Builds on: Egypt, the Nile, and the Desert (hard, https://ai.page/c/egypt-the-nile-and-the-desert/en.md), Habitats & Basic Needs (soft, https://ai.page/c/habitats-and-basic-needs/en.md), Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt (soft, https://ai.page/c/everyday-life-in-ancient-egypt/en.md), Vocabulary: ancient egypt (hard, https://ai.page/c/vocabulary-ancient-egypt/en.md)

Concept id: upper-and-lower-egypt. Subject: history. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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