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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,

The Nile has been one of the most important resources throughout human history. After the river floods, it provides very rich soil great for farming. After learning the flood

The Nile flood cycle was broken up into three different seasons. The first was Akhet (flood season), which happened mid-June to mid-October. During this time, the Nile flooded and land was fertilized. Farmers had to find other means of work during this time, such as repairing canals, or working in the quarries. The second season was Peret (planting & growing season), which happened mid-October to mid-February. During this time the flooding stopped, and crops were planted and tended to. The final season was Shemu (harvest season), which happened mid-February to mid-June. During this time, crops in the Lower Nile were harvested and sent to the market. The lives of Ancient Egyptians depended on the success of the flood cycle. If one year, there was a “bad Nile,” the lives of Ancient Egyptians were put at risk. Too little water could cause the soil to be dry, which would cause a bad harvest. On the other hand, too much water can cause the soil to have excess water, which could affect the growth of the crops. The Nile River decided the fate of the Ancient Egyptians. Understanding the flood cycle was imperative to the success of Ancient

The situation was already so poor that the citizens chose to bear with it instead of fixing it. For example, the country’s total imports was greater than the country’s total exports. This proved how weak and unstable the government system was. According to the Washington Post, “You had 10 percent unemployment and 25 percent youth unemployment. Already there was a sense of a lack of opportunity and declining social mobility. So Egypt went into its revolution when it was already in difficult economic

Ancient Egypt’s geography, especially the Nile River, greatly affected its population. The Nile River was and still is an extremely important source of many resources for its people. It can provide things like water, fertile soil, and transportation.It can also cause destruction and is dangerous. Since their lives depended on the Nile so much, the people of Egypt totally shaped their lives around it. Without it, they would not have been able to survive.

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

“Egypt… is, so to speak, the gift of the Nile.” According to document A, Egypt has a lot of land contrasts, from the desert to the Nile. The first pharoah ruled 5,000 years ago, which was Menes. Egypt began nearly 5,000 years ago. How did the Nile affect Ancient Egypt? The Nile shaped Ancient Egypt in terms of population distribution, economics, and spiritual/religious life.

The way Egypt farmed, traveled, and religious practices had been significantly influenced by the Nile River. The Nile River was either a source of destruction or a valuable asset to its people. The people of Egypt relied on the three flood seasons of the Akhet, Peret, and Shemu seasons (Doc B). They had a three 4 month

Life on the river was pretty much the same for thousands of years, until 1889 when the first Aswan Dam was built in an attempt to control the yearly floods. It proved to be insufficient and was raised two more times until it was decided to build another dam upstream in 1946. Once these dams were functional they provided many benefits to the rapidly growing population, including easier access to drinking water, irrigation for agriculture, electricity for modern life and fishing (Burke and Eaton) . Certainly the benefits to Egyptians were numerable and undeniable. The does not mean there were no negative impacts.The yearly floods no longer came and all that good, nutrient-rich silt that used to wash down the Nile and onto the flood plans was now blocked by the dams. “Before the Aswan High Dam, the Nile River carried about 124 million tons of sediment to the sea each year, depositing nearly 10 million tons on the floodplain and delta. Today, 98% of that sediment remains behind the dam. The result has been a drop in soil productivity and depth, among other serious changes to Egypt’s floodplain agriculture. The Aswan Dam has also led

entered a stage of stability and growth, with the government caring more for the people. Egypt

Water is the top priority in a human's life it helps with your health and for the Ancient egyptians That was one of the gifts the Nile has given them.It helped them with a lot of things for example for there crops it provided rich soil and something for them to bath in it gave them a drinking source to help them survive.

"The river rises of itself, waters the fields, and then sinks back again; thereupon each man sows his field and waits for the harvest" (Parsons, 1996-2010), these are the words of Herodotus the great Greek philosopher. "The Nile Valley is a canyon running 660 miles long with a floodplain occupying 4,250 square miles" (Parsons, 1996-2010), being a rich source of water the Nile River is the largest river in the world. This majestic river delivers and provides a constant water supply to the people of Egypt giving them an abundance of natural resource available where they lived along

The Nile River changes as it flows in Africa. The Nile River has two break off points, the Blue and White Nile. Lake Victoria is the headwaters of the Nile. Run-off from the mountains collects in Lake Victoria. Whenever it is raining or the glaciers melt the water drips down the mountain sides. Whenever it rains to much the part of the river will flood. Every year, the waters of the Nile rise and fall with seasons. If the water freezes, there would be no way for the Nile to flood. However, when it is the right time for the season, the ice glaciers will melt. Every season for each year, the seasons affect the flow and how much has risen and fallen.

Egypt in the 1950s and 1960s was the leader of the Arab world and under the control of Nasser they set out to solve many of the issues of colonialism. Another prominent issue at the time was there was very little infrastructure in Egypt and the infrastructure they had exists mostly to push agricultural commodities to market. Other forms of infrastructure were also lacking. For example, Egypt didn’t have a large school system until the 1950s. There was also economic imbalances, one of which has to do with a small upper-class of ruling elite, the other having to do with how foreign interests capture large sectors of the economy; not a lot of industrial development, and then state-led industrial development. Land is not equitably distributed; there was a lack of an independent army outside of British control; and the country was misrepresented within politics because of the British involvement. Among the newly forming nation states we see Arab countries like Egypt starting to confront these issues and impart emerge as an independent nation state. That is absolute autonomy and sovereignty over their territory. During this time there were two main

Inundation governed the seasons of agriculture. There were essentially three seasons, there was inundation which begin in July with the slow rising of water levels and ran through October, going down of inundation, which started in November as the water levels were falling and lasted until February, and drought which happened in March when water levels were the lowest. Inundation also regulated the taxes in Old Kingdom Egypt. Government officials would keep watch up the level of water in order to determine the amount of applicable taxes, one of the ways to do this was through the use of Nilometers. Nilometers were a form of a well that was used to measure the height of the water. These contraptions could also be used to predict the beginning of the inundation. The Nile’s flooding did not always reach land that was being cultivated; likewise, towns and villages did not want to partake in this deluge. As a result, a form of irrigation had to be developed to control and utilize the waters of the Nile. The Nile was such a regular river that it influenced the Egyptian’s concept of stability, truth, order, justice, all that is good in the world ma’at. The Nile was the source of life in such a harsh land. Without the Nile, life would not have been possible within