The Nile River was extremely important to the ancient Egyptian civilization because: 1. Older paintings showing use of the Nile River for domestic needs, an old egyptian painting picturing the Nile was found in a Roman Villa indicating the Egyptian influence in the Roman society and just how important the Nile was, 5. The mention of the Nile River in various religious rituals, the Nile was considered to be a causeway from life to death and the afterlife.
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The reason why the author mentioned this information was because he/she wanted to acknowledge that Christopher Columbus was in fact not the first person to reach the Americas. The text states that some of the men that sailed with Kankan's Uncle reached the Americas before 1492, which is the year Christopher Columbus supposedly arrived to the Americas. This is why the author decided to mention this information in the text.
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