The Nile is the 2nd longest river in the entire world. It stretches all across Africa at 4,258 miles long. The Amazon is the longest at 4,345 miles. But I’m not here to tell you about the longest rivers. I’m here to talk about how the Nile shaped Ancient Egypt. Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda,Burundi, Congo-Kinshasa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt. This river comes from two others, the White and Blue Nile. The White Nile comes from Lake No and the Blue Nile comes from Lake Tana, and the Lesser Abay River. Now here’s the real question. How did the Nile shape Egypt? Well, to answer that I’ll have to type more. Lots more. But the basic idea is the Nile shaped the placing of cities, seasons, jobs, religion, and even life. But that’s not the whole answer.
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The Nile really affected settlement. They all settled near floodplains for the rich soil and silt. The silt helped them grow, harvest, and plant crops. They most commonly planted flax, wheat, barley, figs, melons, pomegranates, and dates. The silt very much so helped nourish the plants. But the downside about this floodplain is every year the must harvest every food to so they could eat during the flood season. Survival was very difficult here in Ancient Egypt. This river shaped the seasons and the jobs in Ancient Egypt. The seasons were placed in different order because of the flooding season and how the Nile flowed. Mid-June to mid-October was the flood season, Mid-October to Mid- February was planting and growing season, and Mid- February to mid-June was harvesting season. As you can see in Ancient Egypt, They have three seasons when we have 4. The jobs were affected for moving crops and selling them in different areas. Also they had to keep in mind they need left over for the flood
The Nile really affected settlement. They all settled near floodplains for the rich soil and silt. The silt helped them grow, harvest, and plant crops. They most commonly planted flax, wheat, barley, figs, melons, pomegranates, and dates. The silt very much so helped nourish the plants. But the downside about this floodplain is every year the must harvest every food to so they could eat during the flood season. Survival was very difficult here in Ancient Egypt. This river shaped the seasons and the jobs in Ancient Egypt. The seasons were placed in different order because of the flooding season and how the Nile flowed. Mid-June to mid-October was the flood season, Mid-October to Mid- February was planting and growing season, and Mid- February to mid-June was harvesting season. As you can see in Ancient Egypt, They have three seasons when we have 4. The jobs were affected for moving crops and selling them in different areas. Also they had to keep in mind they need left over for the flood