books.google.co.uk - The rich and extensive floodplain of the River Nile can claim to be the cradle of one of the earliest and most spectacular civilizations of antiquity. Ancient Egypt: a social history presents a fresh and innovative perspective on the ancient societies which flourished in the Nile Valley from the Predynastic...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Ancient_Egypt.html?id=OiiUcYOHX74C&q=Wadi&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareAncient Egypt