Essay on The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt

The people groups in ancient Egyptian were very different than our societies social groups today. Ancient Egyptians were grouped in a hierarchical system with the Pharaoh at the top and farmers and slaves at the bottom. The groups of people nearest to the top of society were the richest and most powerful. The Pharaoh was believed to be a god on earth and had the most power. He was responsible for making laws and keeping order. Ensuring that Egypt was not attacked or invaded by enemies and for keeping the gods happy so that the Nile flooded and there was a good harvest. The Vizier was the Pharaoh's chief advisor

Janetta Rebold Benton from Pace University in New York describes the earlier civilizations of man from various regions that are well known for developments. She talks about ancient civilizations in Egypt, as well as the famous Greece and Rome. She talks about the background of human beings such as the Homo sapiens from Africa and Neanderthal Homo erectus from Europe. She also provides insight for the Paleolithic period which corresponded to the Ice Age as well as the Neolithic period which is the period when man began to farm. Moreover they began rituals and religion during that period, during the Neolithic period. She further talks about the artistic activities that were developed during the early days such as the paintings cave at Lascaux in southern France that were created between 15,000 and 13,000 B.C.E. and this demonstrated the keen observation abilities that humans had during that time.

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 success of ancient Egyptian civilization came partly from its ability to adapt to the conditions of the Nile River Valley. At the beginning of the fall in 2180, the pharaohs declined, people lost faith in them and with that it allowed invaders to come in

Did you know that the Ancient Egyptian civilization started in 3000 B.C.E. which is 5016 years ago! The Ancient Egyptian civilization was one of the most thriving civilizations of its time. One reason it was so successful was because of the Nile River. The Nile River is 4,258 miles long and stretches through the middle of Ancient Egypt. There are many ways that the Nile River benefited Ancient Egypt, three of those ways are through floodland and fertile soil, trade, and transportation.

Egypt, a transcontinental country that spans the north east corner of Africa and the southwest corner of Asia, houses the historic flooding Nile and the ancient man made Great Pyramids. The Nile is the only significant source of water in the dessert region and without it early civilizations would not have been able to develop and thrive like the Egyptian society has done throughout time. The Egyptian society origins can be traced back to the 10th millennium BC, with a culture of hunter and gatherers evolving into a grain-grinding society. With a change in climate and overgrazing, the Sahara desert began to form, thus early societies migrated to the banks of the Nile around 8000 BC. This migration contributed to the development of economic, political, and religious structure among the earliest of Egyptian societies.

Ancient Egyptians started to settle around the coast of the Nile river back in 3000 B.C. The Nile river is a river that lasted for hundreds of thousands of years that you can still see to this day. It’s located in the north-eastern part of Africa, which technically runs down Egypt into the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile River has improved the lives of many in Ancient Egyptian times. This includes the help of transportation from one place to another to trade and transport, fertile soil to farm and grow crops for food and trading, also, the river provides animals for eating that come downstream, this includes fish, sea creatures, birds, and big creatures like hippos! Now we’ll be talking about more in-depth how the Nile River affected

Tommy Krisztinicz Mr. Dardis Ancient History October 13, 2014 The Nile River is most important to the Egyptian civilization in that it provides crucial water for agriculture, transportation, and the invention of the shadoof. When the Nile flooded it provided important water which was great for agriculture in that it made fertile soil. The Nile made a natural highway for traveling up and down the river. The advanced engineering to invent the shadoof led to an easy access to fresh water.

The people of ancient Egypt made there own religion.Their Religion was based of of the gods and how many gods they had.Thoth was the first god,and according to the sacred writings of ancient Egypt,Thoth was the divine intelligence of the universe.Back in then older than Egypt there were two Egypts.Back in then older than Egypt there were two Egypts north and south.Both Egypt's had lots of religions.so when the Egypts combinded that is what gave them lots of religions.The Egyptians had to take part in religious activities to keep their gods happy.The ancient Egyptians participated in religious rituals and traditions so that their gods and goddesses would help to give them happy lives with an abundance of food. Priests and priestesses were assigned

Religion in ancient Egyptian times was a very complex system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals performed in ancient Egyptian society. This centers on the Egyptian interaction with many deities (deities means supernatural figures or Gods) who the people of ancient Egypt believed to be present in and in control of, the forces and elements of nature. The practices performed in Egyptian religion were efforts to provide for the gods and gain there favor.

Ancient Egypt One of the greatest and most enduring human civilizations established itself in the Nile Valley. Over thousands of years the Egyptians shaped their civilization and have portrayed their canonical nature within their art, literature, and architecture. The Egyptians adhered to their rules and their standards of belief and behavior in their daily lives. The artistic canon is well represented in Egyptian tomb paintings. For the Egyptians, art was made to serve a particular purpose, usually a religious one.

Ancient Egypt was an arid Civilization. Two very vast deserts surrounded Egypt, these two desert’s were the Eastern Desert and the Western desert. The deserts acted as a barrier for Egypt, the scorching sun made it extremely difficult for armies to pass through and invade Egypt. The Nile River was a blessing to the Egyptians, it provided them with water, silt (which is a necessity for farming in this barren land), and transportation by boat. Without the Nile there would not of been egypt, the silt it created was fertile soil that was used for farming.

During the early civilizations The Nile River Valley and the Indus River Valley Civilization were the two that stuck out the most to me. Both of these civilizations where built near a river or on a river where the water could be used as power. They both have a lot of differences and things in common. In the beginning I’m going to explain some important facts about the Indus River Valley Civilization.

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Ancient Egypt was among the earliest civilizations. It was rich in culture including government, religion, arts, and writing. For millennia, Egypt maintained a strikingly unique, complex and stable culture that influenced later cultures of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

It may have seemed so very different from our time, but you will find that the Ancient Egyptians lives were a lot like ours. Their kids went to school, they worked hard for food and shelter, and their beliefs in death were not too far from our own.