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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Delta of the Nile, 1916
A map from 1916 of the Nile Delta, showing the water courses of the delta, the Pyramids, Cairo, Alexandria, Rosetta, Damietta, and Port Said and Suez at the openings of the Suez Canal.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Egypt and the Nile Valley, 1920
A map of Egypt and the Nile Valley from the delta south to the confluence of the Sobat River and the Upper Nile. This map shows Egypt Proper, Nubia, Kordofan, Sudan, Eritrea, and portions of Abyssinia and British Somalia. The map also...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Nile River Delta
This is an amazing satellite image of the Nile River Delta as seen from orbit. Located in North East Africa, the Nile River is largely agreed to be the longest river in the world, reaching 6650 kilometres (4132 miles) in length. For more...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Egypt and Syria, 1912
A map of Egypt showing the major cities of the Nile Delta and the Nile River south to Assouan at the First Cataract in Upper Egypt.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Africa, 1919
A map from 1919 of Africa showing the territorial changes made after World War I. The map shows the areas ceded by Germany, including Togo and Kamerun to be decided by British and French mandate, German East Africa under British mandate,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Colonial Africa, 1902
A map of Africa in 1902 showing the European colonial possessions established at the Berlin Conference in 1885, and the Turkish or Ottoman possession of Tripoli. This map shows major cities, rivers, and mountain systems, canals and head...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Colonial Africa, 1899
Map of Africa in 1899 showing the colonial possessions of European powers on the continent established at the Berlin Conference of 1885. This map shows major cities and trade centers, railroad routes and canals, major river systems, and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1858
Map of Africa in 1858, prior to the extensive European colonization of the continent established at the Berlin Conference of 1885. This map shows the European possessions of the Cape Colony, Natal, and Orange River Free State, and the...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Political and Physical Africa, 1901
A map from 1901 of the political and physical features of Africa. The map uses color-contouring to show highlands above 2000 feet in buff tints, lowlands in greens, and the submerged part of the continental plateau in light blue. The map...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Africa Before the Berlin Conference, 1884
This is an interesting map of Africa showing the continent before the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Physical and Political Map of Africa, 1879
Map of pre-colonial Africa, showing the predominately native countries and territories of the African continent in 1879. The counties include the Barbary States of Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Tripoli and Fezzan, the Egyptian territories of...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Suez Canal, 1909
A map of the Suez Canal in 1909 from Port Said on the Mediterranean in the north to Port Ibrahim on the Gulf of Suez in the south. The map shows the railroad connecting the city of Suez to Cairo and the rest of the Nile Delta, freshwater...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Suez Canal, 1919
A map of the Suez Canal in 1919 from Port Said on the Mediterranean in the north to Port Ibrahim on the Gulf of Suez in the south. The map shows the railroad connecting the city of Suez to Cairo and the rest of the Nile Delta, freshwater...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Map of Egypt, 1858
Map of Egypt in 1858 from the Nile Delta south to the First Cataract, showing Cities, trade centers, oases, ports, railways, and the site of the proposed Suez Canal. Portions of the Libyan Desert, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea and...
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of the Soul of Buto
This statuette depicts the falcon-headed deity who is associated with Buto, the ancient capital of the Nile Delta before unification. The deity is also known as the "Soul" of Buto.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Ancient Egypt, 525 Bc
A map of Egypt at the time of the Persian conquest by Cambyses (525 BC) at the end of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty under Psamtik III. The map shows the delta city of Pelusium and the lower capital of Moph (Memphis) conquered by Cambyses. At...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Population Density in Africa, 1916
A map showing the population density of Africa in 1916 showing density ranges from under 2 inhabitants to areas along the Nile River valley and delta of more than 512 inhabitants per square mile.