Complete the text with suitable prepositions.

Egypt, an African country, is far away (a) ----Bangladesh. It does not have so many rivers as Bangladesh does. But it had a great river flowing (b) --- it the Nile. The river starts in the middle (c) --- Africa and flows through Egypt (d) --- the Mediterranean. As it flows it carries fertile soil (e) ---it. Thus, the river lends a fair bit of greenery (f) --- the desert land. As there was a close connection (g) ---the ancient Egyptians and the Nile, the river had an enormous influence (h)------ the people's religion as well as on their culture. Egyptians believed (i)--- several gods-Osiris and Hapi, for instance associated (j) --- the Nile's annual flood, the fertility of its delta and the abundance that people enjoyed.