Flood of the Nile

Flood of the Nile
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Mythology
Civilization	Egyptians
Age	Archaic Age
God	Isis
Research
Researched at	Granary
Gold	180
Favor	5
Research time	30 seconds
Effect
Generates 0.75 food per second

Flood of the Nile is an Egyptian myth technology in Age of Mythology that is available to worshipers of Isis that can be researched at a Granary. Once researched, it provides a steady trickle of 0.75 food per second (45 per minute).

Resource trickle comparison

There are quite a few means of auto-generating resources in Age of Mythology. The following list shows all the means there are to illustrate the value of Flood of the Nile.

Resource generator	Civilization	Resource	Rate
Flood of the Nile	Egyptians	Food	45
Vaults of Erebus	Greeks	Gold	45
Ring of the Nibelung	all	Gold	18
Ship of Fingernails	all	Food	24
Ankh of Ra	all	Favor	2.4
Monument	Egyptians	Favor	4.9-6.9
Hersir	Norse	Favor	0.6 1.2 (in combat)
Town Center	Atlanteans	Favor	6.31
Garden	Chinese	Favor2	2.85
Garden	Chinese	Wood2	28.5
Garden	Chinese	Food2	28.5
Garden	Chinese	Gold2	28.5
Plenty Vault3	Greeks	Wood Food Gold	180 180 180

1. The rate can be increased by 10% by researching Horns of Consecration.
2. Gardens can be tasked to generate any resource, but they only generate one at a time.
3. The Plenty Vault generates all three resources simultaneously.

History

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The Black Land [Kemet], another name for Lower Egypt, refers to the deposits of rich, black soil that the regular flooding of the Nile left behind. This rich, black soil was excellent for farming and, coupled with irrigation and inventions like the shaduf, allowed ancient Egyptians to survive and prosper in an otherwise harsh environment. The Egyptians’ whole way of life depended upon these floods. The Nile today no longer floods as it once did. A series of dams and hydro-electric plants, like the one at Aswan, control its flooding and generate electrical energy. Such damming is a subject of great controversy in Northern Africa for many social and environmental reasons.

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Egyptian mythological technologies

Archaic Age Skin of the Rhino (Ra) · Flood of the Nile (Isis) · Feral (Set) Classical Age God Technologies Bast Sacred Cats · Adze of Wepwawet · Criosphinx · Hieracosphinx Anubis Necropolis · Serpent Spear · Feet of the Jackal Ptah Scalloped Axe · Leather Frame Shield · Electrum Bullets · Shaduf Heroic Age God Technologies Hathor Medjay · Sundried Mudbrick · Crocodopolis Sekhmet Bone Bow · Slings of the Sun · Stones of Red Linen · Ram of the West Wind Nephthys Spirit of Ma'at · Funeral Rites · City of the Dead Mythic Age God Technologies Osiris Desert Wind · New Kingdom · Funeral Barge · Atef Crown Thoth Valley of the Kings · Tusks of Apedemak · Book of Thoth Horus Spears on the Horizon · Axe of Vengeance · Greatest of Fifty