The piece of art that I will be discussing about is how the Ancient Egyptians first discovered the art of making modern bread, over 4000 years ago during the Neolithic era? The Ancient Egyptian lives simply depended on agricultures; however, the majority of the people were involved in farming. Moreover, when the Ancient Egyptians discovered raised bread, the Egyptians understood the value of having leavened bread part of their lives. Bread was part of a daily diet in their lives, it was essential nourishment. Indeed, bread was simply, the staff of life for the Egyptians and for all of us around the world today. Finally, since the Ancient Egyptians discovered raised bread, perhaps they may led the first Civilization.
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Nevertheless, during the Neolithic era, many of the development of the agriculture and farming occurred around that era. However, the Egyptians still had some difficulties with their agriculture and farming to grow periodically because they had limited resources for food. In addition, the main reason the Egyptians had limited resources of food, was the lack of water. The lack of water affected the ancient Egyptians farmers tremendously, the effect on growing crops and raising animals. The Nile River in Egypt was the main resources for farmers and for the rest of the Egyptians to live; The Egyptians lives depended on the Nile River. In addition, when the Egyptians farmers had to raise crops or animal, they would have to wait until the Nile River would get flooded. The Egyptians farmers would harvest their lands up to three times of year. Subsequently, while the Nile River will get flooded during its season, the mud that it will compose would sit onto a surrounding area, until it was form into soil. The soil was used to make crops, therefore, wheat was one of those crops that were grown very often in the Egyptians farm lands. Indeed, the Egyptians discovered that wheat could be pulverized and made into paste. They would set the paste over a fire to make flat bread and the type of wheat that they were using was called emmer, meaning varieties of wheat. (Unknown, . "History of Bread." Bread Info . W.J. Rayment,
The term Neolithic Revolution, commonly given to the changeover from food gathering to food producing. The same tools were used but it was not one single revolution event.The term Agricultural Revolutions is more precise because it emphasizes the central role of food production and signals that the changeover occurred several times. The adoption of agriculture often included the domestication of animals for food.Early farmers used fire to clear fields of shrubs and trees and discovered that ashes were a natural fertilizer. Farming was formed in the Middle East in 10,000 BCE in the "fertile crescent" of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Grains were abundant in that area such as emmer wheat, barley, oats, rye as well as pulses
The Nile River Flood Cycle shows that during the Akhet season the fields get flooded and provide fertile soil (Doc B). When the Nile River flooded the fields and the soil became rich it made it easier to grow plants and then when the crops were harvested it produced food for them to eat. In The Painting of the Tomb of Sennedjem it shows the Nile River and it’s canals (Doc D). The Nile River and it’s canals catered water for the crops, animals to drink, and for the Egyptians to use for their daily lives. It is evident that the Nile River equiped the Egyptians with water and food to survive the harsh living
In Ancient Egypt the people lived differently than us. Instead of showers they used lakes or rivers. Instead of buying food at a store they have to hunt for their food. They also grow their food. The main crops they use are barley and emmer wheat. They use those items for making bread bread and beer. They even had their own language.
The nile helped Egypt with farming because when it flooded it gave fertilized silt to start growing crops. In document B “Fields in the nile floodplain covered in water and fertilized by a new batch of of silt .Time when many farmers worked off their public labor tax doing jobs like canal repairing.” This explains that after it flooded a very fertilized silt was left and it helped the farmers plant and make food for Egypt. The Egyptians also wrote hymns to the Nile. In document E it says, “Come to keep the land alive who floods the fields
How Did The Nile Shape Ancient Egypt My report will explain the various ways the Nile shaped Ancient Egypt for every day life. In the middle of the desert, though rests the Nile River. Ancient Egyptians relied on the Nile's bounty to develop into a prosperous and thriving civilization. Food and papyrus, rainfall was very sparse in Ancient Egypt, so Egyptians relied on the Nile to irragate their crops.
The Nile River shaped Ancient Egypt by providing water for food and drink. According to document B, the Nile River floods every year during the season of Akhad. The Egyptians could not plant all year round, therefore the farmers planted in the season of Peret. The Nile River produced wheat and barley.
The map and map key on “Document A: Ancient Egypt,” reveals that it had two deserts in the east and in the west, the Mediterranean Sea in the north, and the first and second cataract in the south. Most, if not all, of the settlements and cities were located in or very close to the Fertile Nile Valley because of the Nile’s plentiful water sources and silt, fertile soil carried by the river which was perfect for farming. Three main seasons revolved around the river: Akhet, Peret, and Shemu. Akhet was the flood season, which was between mid-June and mid-October. During this time of year, farmers would work off their public-labor tax since all the floodplains were heavily flooded. Mid-October to mid-February was called Peret, or the planting and growing season. This is when the Nile was high enough to fill irrigation canals and farmers were able to plant and tend crops. Last was the harvest season, known as Shemu, which takes place mid-February to mid-June. Without the seasons the river provided, it would be impossible for the people to grow crops for them to eat and
Agriculture was the backbone of Ancient Egypt, shaping its economy, allowing for more job positions and specialization. It also made the presence of trade more viable in the ancient Egyptian society by allowing the Egyptians to coast up and down the River with the goods they were going to trade (doc C). Without the Nile, they never would have been able to trade as easily as they could with the Nile (doc A). The Nile also allowed for less complex irrigation as the Egyptians had been able to determine the flood patterns because the Nile River was more predictable. The Nile also allowed to the Egyptians to produce a surplus of food, creating a surplus of food. This began the beginning of the move from subsistence agriculture, changing and reshaping the way the Egyptians had previously
The Nile River took place in Egypt’s agriculture. All of the major cities in ancient Egypt are near the Nile and the fertile land around it. The Nile produced a type of silt when it flooded. The ancient Egyptians used this silt to plant crops such as wheat and bareley which was one of the Egyptians only food source. This is why it was very important when the Nile flooded. The Egyptians even had a their seasons based off of when the Nile River flooded. The Nile produced almost every food source that the Egyptians had. It produced wheat, bareley, papyrus roots and fish. They used the Nile’s wheat and barley for bread and beer, and ate papyrus roots and fish. Without the Nile River the ancient Egyptians would have nothing to eat or trade.
Choose a work of art from the reading in Chapter 1. Discuss how the work is a reflection of the ancient culture that created it. Also, did anything particularly surprise or impress
Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian agricultural lives were highly differentiated due to their contrasting geographical situations, and also differences in technological processes and developments. Only a small area of Egyptian land (the Delta and Nile Valley) was fertile during the annual inundation of the river Nile. Moreover, harsh natural circumstances created a famine risk for the entire population, thus restricting the freedom to decide for a common citizen. To illustrate, an uneven spillage of the river Nile, when there were insufficient water resources for the agriculture or floods threatening corps, required a unified, or communal, water regulation and distributional system. So, a
According to Document B, the Egyptians followed a calendar of three seasons,: Akhet, Peret, and Shemu. Akhet was mid June- mid October which was also known as the flooding season. Since it was the flooding season, the Ancient Egyptians could not farm,
Egyptians began to settle along the banks of the Nile River, Starting as far north as to the city of Alexandria all the way down south to Aswan. They developed into a well-structured society as Far East to the Red Sea and west to Dakhia, Oasis among many (Figure 1.). The Nile River reached far lending a hand in creating a well-known civilization that consisted of building pyramids and producing crops for their pharaoh. Evolving from hunters and gatherers into agriculturalists throughout history, Egypt has claimed to be one of the earliest and most spectacular civilizations of ancient times. One could wonder if, what led to the collapse of this great society resulted from the Egyptians interaction with the environment by overusing
One of the key areas that the Nile River helped develop in ancient Egypt was agriculture. The Nile River allowed for the Ancient Egyptians the ability to grow their own crops. The predictable annual flooding allowed for ancient Egypt to farm. In the article Sustainable Agriculture in Ancient Egypt, the author J. Donald Hughes states that “The sustainability of Egyptian agriculture was
This paper will only give a general overview of the more popular resources yielded by agriculture and food production in Old Kingdom Egypt. The Nile is of particular importance, as it was the source of life in Egypt. Egypt’s crop fields are the product of the fertile kamat soil. Egypt’s primary concern was on cereal crops that’s