1) What is so special about the Nile? How would you explain the amazing success and stability of Nile civilizations?
2) What similarities and differences do you see between the societies of the Nile and the societies of Mesopotamia we studied in Chapter 2?
3) What contributions do you see the Nile peoples (Egyptians or Nubians, or both) making to civilization?
4) What do you see as remarkable in the Bantu peoples? Do you see them as similar to the Nile peoples, or are they really a very different part of the story?