The Influence Of Life Water In Ancient Egypt

The Nile was the source of everything in Ancient Egypt. Early people built their lives around a river, eventually developing into Ancient Egypt. The Nile did not shape Ancient Egypt literally, but culturally. The Nile grew Egypt’s crops, created its traditions, making jobs, giving life to and protecting all.

The ancient civilizations of the Ancient Egypt, as well as the great Mesopotamia, are the world’s greatest civilization as recorded by history. The civilization was highly facilitated by rivers which cut across their land. The Euphrates, Nile, as well as Tigris, constantly moving along the river banks which in turn resulted in the adjoining land is extremely fertile (Backman). This led to flourishment and development of Ur and Eriku cities in Mesopotamia as well as the city of Thebes in Egypt (Backman). The Nile was very significant in Ancient Egypt as it made invasion by enemies impossible due to its marshy deltas (Backman). On the other hand, Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia differed fundamentally in many aspects more specifically in how their societies were structured, cultural orientation, religion, technological experiences, literature, and art among other things (Backman). This paper will center on examining these differences as well as similarities between these two regions as well as what they communicate concerning the circumstances that people from these two regions faced.

The purpose of this journal was to inform scholars and readers about the country of Egypt and its origins: the Ancient Egyption civilization and how it was built upon nature itself. The value of Hansen’s journal gives the perspective of a whole new world and geographical features. Egypt is surrounded by harsh unlivable climats, but the civilization was able to last over 500 years by using their geographical resources to their advantage to create faith, protection, and life as described by Kathy. Kathy has a PHD that she gained from Union University and is an associate publisher of Quintessential Careers. Despite the highly informative ideas, a limitation of the book is that it was written to describe Egyptian environmental aspects for readers to learn more about Egypt and maybe the desire to someday travel to Egypt. The book may have the perspective of a sort of travel guide showing a small bais while, trying to persuade people to travel to

One way that the Nile shaped Ancient Egypt’s diverse culture and various philosophies, way by its traveling capabilities (document c). By way of the Nile, people could move many different resources

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

worry. The Nile shaped ancient Egypt by giving it all the resources it needed and providing a great

The Power of the Nile The Nile, one of the most famous rivers in the world. It could give life to a civilization, or destroy it. Part of the Nile is in Egypt, approximately 660-700 miles of it (Doc. A). Two sources of the Nile are lakes Tona and Victoria.

The Nile: The Heartbeat of Ancient Egypt Egypt was one of the most developed civilizations of its time. How was this possible? The Nile was an enormous part of Egypt’s success. It held Egypt together from the time of the first unification in 2920 B.C.E. to the time of Egypt’s downfall in 30 B.C.E. The Nile’s sources were Lake Tana in the Ethiopian highlands and Lake Victoria in Kenya. When Egypt began to develop into an empire, the Nile was needed more than ever.

The Nile River shaped Ancient Egypt society. By: Sima Gollub “The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness, but ends in magnificence” - Charles Caleb Colton. The Nile River shaped Ancient Egypt by: water for food and drinks, trading, roads, transportation, and jobs. If the Nile did not flood every year the Egyptians would not have enough water to survive and thrive.

Thesis: The Nile River undoubtedly shaped the Egyptian’s lives -- for the better. It affected every aspect of their lives, which included economics, government, culture, and agriculture.

Did you know that the name Nile comes from the Greek name “neilios, which means valley, Not only that but also it provided many resources to the Egyptians, As a result of the Nile river it gave them a fertile farmland, food, crops, and water, they are transportation, the calendar, and irrigation and last but not least without the Nile River giving it restocks it wouldn’t be the best it can be. An important part of Egypt was its irrigation, In the document, b says that Egypt is very low on rain, so the Egyptians always relied on the Nile River the reason why is because to have fertile land, and for them to also drink. in document b, it also says that the rain was not enough to even was not enough to water the crops even in the Nile Delta

The settlement of a town had to take two main considerations into mind, the accessibility to a water source and the height it was built above the flooding of the Nile. The mud-brick buildings were sensitive to water and damp conditions, so care had to be taken when considering the placement of a house, town or city. When houses did crumble or fall apart, new houses were simply built upon the ruins of the former house. This led to houses and towns being built on more elevated surfaces. These hills are called tells. The 'permanent' structures like temples and their surrounding enclosures are now on a lower floor level - this would be the original level as temples were not generally built or renewed upon each other as the houses were. This method of building one house upon the other continued until the building of the Aswan Dam in the late 1960's, making excavations of the housing areas was virtually impossible. This has left a scarcity of data for Egyptologists to study.

Like in Mesopotamia, the beginning of civilization and settlement in Egypt also began with a climate change. This change, during 5000-4000 B.C.E., caused the deserts in the Sahara to form, forcing people towards the Nile River, which provided a strong support system to the community. This could be seen in the effects of the annual flooding of the river. According to The Making of the West, “This predictable annual flood enriched the soil with nutrients from the river’s silt and diluted harmful mineral salts, thereby making farming more productive and supporting strong population growth.” Because the Nile was the main life source for the Egyptian population, it became a large part of the Egyptian culture as well. This can be seen in the Hymn to the Nile written around 2100 B.C.E., which celebrates the Nile as a life-giving and seemingly supernatural power. Not only did geography influence the agriculture of Egypt, but also the religious practices of it’s people. The impact on geography on history is undoubtedly illustrated in the major impact of the Nile on the life and culture of the

Egyptian civilization was born from the vast and unique Nile River. This river provided the rich “Black Land” soil that was the foundation for agriculture (Duiker & Spielvogel, 2010). Although there was no need for irrigation as in Mesopotamia, Egyptians were able to provide an abundance of foods for their civilization base. The Nile River not only provided land perfect for farming it was also used as a mode of transportation for the Egyptians enabling the trade of imports and exports. Due to natural barriers in the geography and the strategic use of fortifications, Egyptians were able to create a secure way of life protected from invasion. This way of life was organized hierarchical lines with a god-king at the top (Duiker & Spielvogel, 2010). The ruling class consisted of nobles and priests who assisted the god-king and ran the government. The middle class society was made up of merchants and artisans who controlled trade and art while the rest of the population were common farmers and slaves. Similar to the Mesopotamians, controlling the vast civilization of Egypt were the numerous gods and goddesses created by the polytheism belief. These gods were represented in wall paintings,

In the Nile Valley, Egyptian civilization flourished. Around 1800 B.C.E., the Hyksos migrated to the Nile Delta in search of land and entrance to the delta. The name, Hyksos, means “rulers of the uplands” and was given to them by the Egyptians. With them, they brought methods of making bronze and modeling it into weapons (Lecture Notes). They introduced the Egyptians to the composite bow and horse-drawn chariots. Essentially, the Hyksos revolutionized Egyptian warfare. Once they settled, they began to adapt the ways of the Egyptians. They worshipped Egyptian deities and modeled their political structures after the Egyptians’ (McKay, A History of World Societies, p.43). Though their migration was most likely peaceful and gradual, they were later portrayed as dominating invaders (McKay, A History of World Societies, p. 43).