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Thousands of years ago,
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ancient powers ruled
our world--
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Egypt, China, India,
Greece, and Rome,
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players in a high-stakes game
of strategy and luck.
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Success will bring them wealth
and immortality...
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failure, oblivion and death.
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In their battle for survival,
each civilisation
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will face the same challenges.
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How they respond
will shape their destiny.
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In this episode, "Origins,"
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in a brutal world where nature
is both friend and foe,
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our ancient powers
are just beginning.
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They must use all their skill
and ingenuity
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to shape their territory
and establish their cultures.
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So who will tame the land
and claim their future?
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10,000 years ago,
the kingdom of ancient Egypt
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does not yet exist,
but bands of hunter-gatherers
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are drawn to the banks
of the River Nile.
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At the water'’s edge
they live hand to mouth.
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They forage, fish, hunt
wild cattle and even hippos.
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These wandering people
have just enough to eat,
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but to set down roots,
they need more than this.
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How can they make
this landscape
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work harder for them?
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Egypt'’s geography is key
to how this country developed
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because the Nile
is what makes Egypt.
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Through endless miles
of scorched desert,
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the Nile creates a narrow strip
of life-giving fertility.
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But it'’s this river'’s
unique geography
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that gives early Egyptian
settlers a head start.
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Once a year, heavy rains
at its source far to the south
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send an enormous torrent
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rushing towards
the Nile'’s river valley,
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flooding the riverbanks
and bringing abundant life.
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Floods in Egypt came annually
for over four months,
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starting at the end of June,
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and a large part
of the country was submerged,
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and the waters flowed out,
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depositing huge,
rich amounts of silt,
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so they never needed
any fertiliser here.
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So really, it was
an amazingly rich, fertile soil
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