What was the benifit of living near the nile river?

Some of the benefits of river Nile is that it has very fertile flood plains resulting from seasonal floods along the banks. But although Nile river has countless benefits or advantages. Such as:
Used for washing reeds that grew along the banks called papyrus. They are used for writing thing in the ancient times.

Master planned communities outside of chicago. note: population density means people living in an area per square mile. chicago, an urban and highly populated area has a much more higher density than a desert, amish community, settlement, or nomadic region.