Gifts of the Nile Valley
The book Gifts of the Nile Valley tells the history of, not only one of Africa's greatest and most important natural monuments, The Nile River, but also uses that history to link the earliest traces of mankind to Africa. The begging of the book explains the importance of the Nile River both for mankind and for the environment around it. The beginning chapters also explain how the Nile River actually works, which I personally found very interesting. According to the book the Nile River is the longest River in the world , stretching as long as 4,132 miles. It also functions much differently than normal rivers. Unlike other rivers, The Nile River flows south to north. Also, while normal rivers need to be fed rain and connected to other bodies of water, The Nile River runs through mostly desert and does not get any rain. The Nile is also not connected to any other body of water. As bizarre as that is, its not the most impressive thing that this legendary river can do. Throughout its entire length, The Nile river has somehow managed to fertilize the soil around it for up to ten miles. It's believed that through this river, Civilizations from thousands of years ago managed to sustain themselves. These incredible qualities of the Nile River are very impressive and may be seen as
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Being African American myself, I found it very interesting to learn more about, not only my heritage, but the heritage of possibly every man and woman on earth. Throughout reading the book There were a lot of things that interested me. The art in particular interested me the most. I found it fascinating that even the earliest of man could have such skill in any craft. I thought that in earlier times, mankind would be too busy or not have much interest in art, but they seemed to have had a major focus on it and used it to honor the people or deities they deemed
The Egyptians were very lucky to have the Nile River because without it they wouldn’t be able to survive. The Nile shaped Egypt by granting them with almost everything they needed. Where the Nileś source came from may have been a riddle to them but we know that came from Lake Tana which is the branch called the Blue Nile and from Lake Victoria which is the other branch called the White Nile. Egypt has been around for five thousand years and for all of those five thousand years the Nile River helped the Egyptians survive in Egypt. The Nile River shaped Ancient Egypt by setting a calendar, providing food and water,
In Ancient Egypt they call their land The Red Land. They called it the Red Land because desert seemed to have a red hue as in color. As the land around the Nile turned black when the Nile flooded. The Nile formed as the ancient sea shifted creating the Mediterranean Sea basin. The Upper Nile is divided into three tributaries: the White Nile, the Blue Nile and the Atbara River. The White Nile currently flows through Lake Victoria, Lake Edward, and Lake George. The Blue Nile originates in the Ethiopian Mountains. As the Atbara River flows from the Ethiopian highlands and meets the combined rivers White Nile and Blue Nile. Northern Egypt was bounded by two different deserts, Arabian Desert and Libyan Desert. The importance of the Nile flooding
Without the Nile River, Egypt today may not have existed. The Nile River helped shape Ancient Egypt’s diverse culture and various philosophies, which is what made it a very successful (if not the most successful) ancient civilization. The Nile did this in numerous ways such as allowing travel, producing art and religion, and flooding so that people could grow crops. Without the Nile, the success of Ancient Egypt would have been debateable. Ancient Egyptians did have the Nile River however, which led to their ultimate success for almost 3,000 years.
A river is the same way you can force it to irrigate your crops by creating irrigation canals. Also, they can be used for fishing and ships can trade goods over the water also. When Machiavelli wrote that rivers and men can’t be trusted I also agree with this too, because a man naturally will have a harder time keeping a secret because there is that thrill that only certain people know and they want to be the one to gossip about it. In a different way rivers can’t be trusted because rivers flood unpredictably (unless that river is the Nile) and when it floods it spreads havoc throughout the
Without the ebb and flow of the great Nile River, Egyptian civilization might not have ever existed. The Nile, the longest river in the world, led to prosperity like no other waterway before. Flowing northward, the river was the foundation of Egypt’s economy and lifestyle. The Nile shaped Ancient Egypt through providing stability as a civilization, offering agricultural success, and influencing Egyptian culture. Egypt became a long-lasting civilization as a result of the Nile’s ability to support the needs of the people, including settlement and trade.
Egypt was seen as one of the most important river valley civilizations. Many historians argue that the Nile was the main source that helped Egypt be as successful as it was, because of it’s source of life. The Nile was shaped the entire Ancient Egyptian society from the beginning because of it’s usefulness to the Egyptians. The Nile River helped shape Ancient Egypt because it provided protection from invaders, jobs, trade, food supply, and had god like features.
In my view this is a very worthy source of historical information and argumentation of work. It shows us all that blacks had to go through to survive. As well as how much they suffered. All blacks worked for where the whites which they were always mistreated, not payed enough. They were poor and had lots of family to feed. Many of the kids like Essie Mae had to work for a very low pay but it helped them not starve. It made us see later in the book of all the killings of blacks that were happening. They were all too afraid to speak up and do something about it, but not Essie Mae. During her time trying to help out and win blacks their freedom a lot happened that is still talked about today.
It states in Document A, that the Nile River is 15,000-20,000 miles long. Farmers could live anywhere near the Nile and not have to worry about the crops. The Nile River produces wheat and barley. If the Nile River did not water the crops or flood, then no one would have food. Akhet is flooding season, you can not plant during Akhet or the seeds will get washed away.
The Nile River was crucial to the development of job specialization in this civilization. It not only supported farmers who used the river to fill irrigation canals, but supported everyone from craftsmen to sailors. In order to use the river for transportation, society needed workers
Did you know that the Nile River is the longest river in the world and flows for over 4000 miles? With the last 660 miles of the Nile River flowing through Lower Egypt and the Nile Delta, it played a big role in ancient Egypt from the time of the first pharaoh in 2920 BC through 30 BC. The Nile River shaped Ancient Egypt in at least 3 ways. It provided for their food supply, transportation and trade, and spiritual beliefs.
Around 40 million people, half of Egypt’s population, lived in the Nile Delta region. The Nile flowed up towards the delta, making it easy for the Ancient Egyptians to trade goods, have water, and plant crops. The Nile river shaped Ancient Egyptian society by providing a seasonal calendar, an irrigation system to help with crops, and safe, secured, settlement lands. The Nile river helped shape Ancient Egypt Society by providing a seasonal calendar which dictated the harvest cycle.
African American history is essential than any other history. Especially for me, it births roots to my heritage. There are Africans American historians also descendants that paved ways from political, slavery, and social justice. However, I'm in my fifties now in a class to learn about black pioneering, scholars also their roles played. I'm black women that found African American history informative also interesting on each person involvements. Vital information on new also old African American history that I may pass down to my family and friends. Encourage them to do the same as a student on passing, information on African American history. I read in the text, where you realized a traditions sense of feeling proud, inspired, and the
Across history the River Nile has captivated philosophers, geographers, historians, engineers, politicians since the humans set their eyes on its water. A great civilization had been flourished along the Nile banks, the Pharaonic civilization. Herodotus, described Egypt as “an acquired country, a gift of the River Nile” [1]. The River Nile is considered the second longest river in the world. It has a length of about 6,500 km which extends from the most remote source, at the head if the river Luvironza (near Lake Tanganyika), to its mouth on the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile basin in its present situation covers a drainage area of about 3.11x106 km2. The basin extends from 4°S to 31°N latitude and from 21° 30’E to 40° 30’E longitude. The highest
Because they grew only one crop per year, the nutrients were not depleted quickly and of course, each flood washed new fertile sediment onto the floodplains where they planted their crops. (Struggle Over the Nile).
The Arab Republic of Egypt is located in the northeastern region of Africa. The climate is arid and dry and most of the country receives less than one inch of rain fall per year. The widespread lack of rainfall makes it extremely difficult to grow crops. Egypt has no forests and only 2 percent of the land is arable (land that can be farmed). The Nile was the giver of life for the ancient Egyptians. The Nile River, the longest river in the world, provided water to drink and fish like