The Harsh Climate And Nile River Valley

The Nile shaped Egypt by, the Nile gave them fertile soil for farming. For example the Nile would flood once every fall once a year. In Document B it states that waters receded but the

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.

The Nile influenced Ancient Egypt in many ways. The first way is the flooding cycle. In paragraph six in,”How did the Nile shape Ancient Egypt it says”,”The flooding cycle determined the planting season for farmers. When it was planting season they grew flax for producing fine linen. They also harvested papyrus.

The ancient cultures of Mesopotamia and Egypt develop into successful civilizations by having floods from the nile river that provided water, food and fertile area in the middle of the desert as document 1 states. In document 2 it says that they also had rivers that provided many resources such as transportation, trade as well as plants, the rivers were surrounded by deserts.

This land around the Nile and the Delta by the Mediterranean Sea was seasonally flooded. This part of the land was very fertile and good for growing crops because of the rich silt. Also spread out through Egypt, there were oases, quarries and mines. After 3000 BC, the population was mainly gathered along the Nile River, and the deserts became centrally used for trade and mining excursions. Dry climates in 2500 BC had forced the Egyptian populations to move towards the Nile Valley. Eventually, the dry climates caused the formation of deserts in the areas that had been abandoned. On the contrary, the land in the Nile Valley was very fertile, because of the silt brought by flooding, and caused agricultural successes. Main crops included barley, wheat, and flax. Not much else was grown due to a lack of innovation. Away from the main river, limited areas were suitable for settlement. In the Faiyum specifically, there was little area that was suitable for settlement because of too wet of land around Lake Moeris, though the Delta experienced its own share of seasonal flooding.

The Nile was a great river that provided good resources enabling the people of Egypt to survive without

The Nile shaped Egypt by influencing its geography, popular distribution, and settlements. The majority of settlements in Ancient Egypt were located around the Nile River Delta (Doc. A), where land was fertile, trade was good, and there were many natural resources. Because of geography in this civilization, Egyptians could easily protect and defend themselves, as well as settle down and have good lives.

Stretching across ten countries and spanning over four thousand miles, the Nile River became the heart of Egyptian civilization. The lower (northern) Nile overflowed its banks several months out of the year before the creation of the Aswan High Dam in 1970. When the floodwaters receded, they left a new layer of rich silt behind, making the surrounding valley and delta a fertile and desirable habitat. As early as 8000 BCE, the people who inhabited the valley of the world’s longest river became relatively sedentary and in 5000 BCE they adopted the agricultural village life commonly associated with Neolithic culture. Throughout the Predynastic period, the North African climate was immensely dry. In order to combat this problem, many villages formed alliances that worked to control the river’s flow. Over time, these small federations of villages conquered and absorbed other weaker ones. As communities grew into chiefdoms, they began to advance rapidly toward refined civilization shortly after 3600 BCE.

The Nile River was the life force of ancient Egypt. People from all over the region immigrated to the area for its irrigation waters and rich silt deposits. The geography of the region played a huge role in the way the inhabitants and civilization in general was formed. The main core of Egypt covered 386, 560 square miles, of which only 11, 720 were cultivable (Tignor et al., Worlds Together, 62). The Nile differed itself specifically from the Tigris and Euphrates in that its waters did not irrigate or fertilize nearly as well but it did create green belts along the water. This created a society that flourished along the river. The Nile unlike Mesopotamia did not have a bountiful borderland but did have a desert rich in materials. The Niles predictability as the source of life and abundance shaped the character of the people and their culture. (Tignor et al., Worlds Together, 63). The Nile was peaceful and calm unlike the vicious Tigris And Euphrates Rivers. Egypt with its natural borders, which included the Mediterranean Sea, Deserts, and Large Waterfalls, was very isolated. This helped to achieve

Egypt is the most iconic of the river valley civilizations and it is also one of the most significant civilizations of all. The trade mark of Egypt is the Nile River. It was the most Important part of the geography. The predictable and cyclical flooding of the Nile was what helped agriculture thrive in Egypt. Agriculture emerged in Egypt by 5,000 BCE. The flooding of the river acted as a perfect irrigation system for plants and silt that cam from the river was nutrient rich and helped grow plants at a great scale. Egyptian agriculture was so successful that there was a great surplus of food.

The Nile River is approximately 4,260 miles long. It holds the record for being the longest river in the world. The Nile was a life source for Egyptians. The fertile land from the frequent flooding was very beneficial for Egyptians. They began to grow crops alongside the Nile. Beans, wheat, and cotton were among the crops being grown. However, the amount of crops grown was limited because the land did not extend very far. The land good enough to support farming was composed of two thin strips of land on either side of the river. Farming opened the door to a critical advancement in human life.

Ruth Demese Ancient Egypt is often revered as one of the most influential empires in the world. Ancient Egyptian civilization is one of the longest running societies in recorded history, and counterintuitively, this society came to fruition in “one of the largest arid desert areas in the world (Kemp 2006: 8).”. The initial success of a society is often determined by the resources made available to them, such as food and water, which emphasizes the importance for the Nile River, which ran through one of the driest desert regions. In fact, this climate is so inhospitable that it would have likely been impossible if not for the Nile River. Due to the vitality of the water on Egyptian civilization throughout time, climate, hydrological flux, and

In the beginning he talks specifcally about how his father was a follower of Marcus Garvey and he believes that he was born to educate people about the people of the nile valley culture because he was born into it. Once he got older and more mature his father went on to tell him that he believed all aftrican people were the children of Ham and he needed to educate people of the nile valley culture because it is where christianity, juhdism, and islam all began. He said lots of major prophets went into africa seeking knowledge including moses, who was taught in the temple of ahnu for over 40 yrs, abrahaham and sabra, who grew rich in cattle and land because of the hospatality of the people of the nile. Also Jesus ' life and mohammad and his 40 deciples life was spared because of the hospatality of the people of the nile. This indicates the character of the people of the nile valley. His father said to learn more about the people of the nile valley stude the farmers and gardners of the land. At the the they had only studied the intrudes and the people who attacked them. Thats his reasoning in indulging his self so much in the nile valley people. He states that in 1970 he began to adopt Dr. Ben s his spiritual father because all of his writings he loved so much and went on to explain why people tend to say that Egypt is in the middle east because of the royalty that it is connected with, people dont want it to be in connection with africa at all. He talks about some of the

Most Egyptians lived near the Nile because it provided water, food, transportation and excellent soil for growing food. Ancient Egypt could not have existed without the Nile River. Since rainfall is almost non-existent in Egypt, the floods provided the only source of moisture to help with the crops. Every year, heavy summer rain in the Ethiopian highlands sent water that overflowed the banks of the Nile. When the floods went down it left thick, rich mud which made excellent soil to plant seeds in after the flood subsided.

The civilization of Ancient Egypt was one of the earliest in history one of the things that most help the Ancient egyptians was the Nile river.The Nile river is located in egypt and was a huge benefit to the Ancient Egyptians (Transportation,Water,Food),. Today i am going to explain why that is.