How the Nile Shaped Ancient Egypt
Do you base your life off of a river? Do you base when you work and when the seasons are off of a river? The Ancient Egyptians did just that. Ancient Egypt was settled all around the Nile River, which was between two deserts. The two deserts were the Western Desert and the Eastern Desert. To the east of the Eastern Desert was the Red Sea. To the North of the Nile was the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile helped to shape Ancient Egypt by basing the seasons off of the Nile Cycle. Also, they got all the resources they need, which included food and water. The Nile shaped Ancient Egypt by having to live their life based on how the Nile works. They needed the Nile to be at a certain level for the seasons, and they needed the Nile to provide food and water for them to survive. …show more content…
The seasons include Akhet which is the flood season, Peret which is the planting and growing season, and Shemu which is harvest season. Akhet is from mid-June to mid-October, Peret is from mid-October to mid-February, and Shemu is from mid-February to mid-June. In Akhet, “fields in the Nile floodplain cover in water and fertilized by a new batch of silt. Time when many farmers worked off their public-labor tax, doing jobs like canal repairing or quarrying.” (Doc. B). In Peret, “waters receded but Nile high enough to fill irrigation canals; crops planted and tended.” (Doc.
B). In Shemu, “crops in the Lower Nile harvested and sent to market.” (Doc. B). This connects to the thesis because they work when the Nile does what it is supposed to do, and the seasons are based off what the Nile
Do you base your life off of a river? Do you base when you work and when the seasons are off of a river? The Ancient Egyptians did just that. Ancient Egypt was settled all around the Nile River, which was between two deserts. The two deserts were the Western Desert and the Eastern Desert. To the east of the Eastern Desert was the Red Sea. To the North of the Nile was the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile helped to shape Ancient Egypt by basing the seasons off of the Nile Cycle. Also, they got all the resources they need, which included food and water. The Nile shaped Ancient Egypt by having to live their life based on how the Nile works. They needed the Nile to be at a certain level for the seasons, and they needed the Nile to provide food and water for them to survive. …show more content…
The seasons include Akhet which is the flood season, Peret which is the planting and growing season, and Shemu which is harvest season. Akhet is from mid-June to mid-October, Peret is from mid-October to mid-February, and Shemu is from mid-February to mid-June. In Akhet, “fields in the Nile floodplain cover in water and fertilized by a new batch of silt. Time when many farmers worked off their public-labor tax, doing jobs like canal repairing or quarrying.” (Doc. B). In Peret, “waters receded but Nile high enough to fill irrigation canals; crops planted and tended.” (Doc.
B). In Shemu, “crops in the Lower Nile harvested and sent to market.” (Doc. B). This connects to the thesis because they work when the Nile does what it is supposed to do, and the seasons are based off what the Nile