What problems did travelers face on the Nile? There were 6 cataracts that broke up the flow of the NIle. They made it impossible to sail directly from the Nile Delta south to East Africa without taking the boad out of water and carrying it. Because the river flows south to north, sails were needed to move the boat upstream.
There are 18 calories in 1 cup of sliced Yellow Summer Squash. Calorie breakdown: 8% fat, 67% carbs, 24% protein.
Zucchini and yellow squash are the most prevalent summer squashes and look and taste very similar. Squashes generally refer to four species of the genus Cucurbita while Zucchini belongs to one of these four geneses, Cucurbita pepo. Therefore, Zucchini is a Summer Squash. Squash, has its ancestry in the Americas.