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Why Is Ancient Egypt So Important To Ancient Civilization

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River Civilizations Essay. Rivers are very important to any ancient civilization. One of the major resources that rivers provided was silt. Silt is a kind of dirt filled with important minerals and nutrients that are very helpful in planting and growing crops. Silt is produced when a river floods and after the flood is over a nutrient rich soil is left over. Another recourse that rivers provide is food. Rivers can provide fish that can be used to feed a family or whole city. The final major function of rivers in my opinion is transportation. Transportation is a very important river function because it can lead to trade and growth of a civilization. By trading you can get recourses that you don’t have or that you want and you can borrow …show more content…

One of those civilizations was ancient Egypt. Ancient Egypt was located on the Nile River which flows through Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zaire, the Sahara Desert, Kenya, Tanzania, Eritrea, Burundi and Rwanda. The Nile River is the longest river in the world. The Nile River had many of functions for Ancient Egypt and helped them in many different ways from silt to transportation. The Ancient Egyptians were able to predict flooding of the Nile which came in handy so they could be well protected and prepared. The Ancient Egyptians would actually celebrate the flooding the Nile because they knew that after the flood was over silt would be left over which they could use to grow crops if there was a drought. Egyptians were also excellent sailors which came in handy when it came time for trading. Ancient Egypt traded many of things like gold, papyrus, linen, and grain. Trading also helped Egypt move forward because they could borrow ideas from other places that they traded with and mix them into their culture. In my opinion trading was good, but it also was bad because it allowed people to know that there was a great civilization there and know people knew how to get

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