Egypt and the Nile
A river has shaped a country, but is the country shaped well? Ancient Egypt was a civilization built around the Nile and without the Nile there would be no Ancient Egypt. But how did the Nile shape Ancient Egypt? Culturally? Physically? Maybe even physically. The Nile shaped Ancient Egypt in a lot of ways and especially through crops and flood seasons, transportation and the trade, and jobs and their duties based around the Nile.
One big way the Nile shaped Ancient Egypt was through crops and the flood seasons. The Egyptians had three four month seasons, Akhet, Peret, and Shemu. Akhet was the flooding season and the fields were covered in a new layer of silt. In Peret waters receded and crops were planted and tended to. …show more content…
Most jobs however little had a connection to the Nile. Sailors, merchants, traders, and rowers all used the Nile as transportation for their jobs. Other citizens like farmers and government officials needed it to do their job. Farmers relied on the Nile to fertilize soils so that they could grow crops and Government officials needed the Nile so that they could collect crops as tax from the farmers. Some jobs like Artisans relied on the materials from The Nile like clay or other rocks and shells. The Pharaoh depended on the Nile because he needed his civilization to thrive and with the Nile this would not be possible. He also needed the Nile because he was responsible for trading and the Nile was key in this area. (Doc C)
The Nile shaped ancient Egypt in many ways and without it there would be no Ancient Egypt or any knowledge of this time and area. The Egyptians were an interesting people who worshiped gods (including the Nile), they lived hard honest lives and had a good central government, and they even had boats and oars. Today we see pyramids and temples from the time and other great relics from the time. None of this would be possible without the Nile
A river has shaped a country, but is the country shaped well? Ancient Egypt was a civilization built around the Nile and without the Nile there would be no Ancient Egypt. But how did the Nile shape Ancient Egypt? Culturally? Physically? Maybe even physically. The Nile shaped Ancient Egypt in a lot of ways and especially through crops and flood seasons, transportation and the trade, and jobs and their duties based around the Nile.
One big way the Nile shaped Ancient Egypt was through crops and the flood seasons. The Egyptians had three four month seasons, Akhet, Peret, and Shemu. Akhet was the flooding season and the fields were covered in a new layer of silt. In Peret waters receded and crops were planted and tended to. …show more content…
Most jobs however little had a connection to the Nile. Sailors, merchants, traders, and rowers all used the Nile as transportation for their jobs. Other citizens like farmers and government officials needed it to do their job. Farmers relied on the Nile to fertilize soils so that they could grow crops and Government officials needed the Nile so that they could collect crops as tax from the farmers. Some jobs like Artisans relied on the materials from The Nile like clay or other rocks and shells. The Pharaoh depended on the Nile because he needed his civilization to thrive and with the Nile this would not be possible. He also needed the Nile because he was responsible for trading and the Nile was key in this area. (Doc C)
The Nile shaped ancient Egypt in many ways and without it there would be no Ancient Egypt or any knowledge of this time and area. The Egyptians were an interesting people who worshiped gods (including the Nile), they lived hard honest lives and had a good central government, and they even had boats and oars. Today we see pyramids and temples from the time and other great relics from the time. None of this would be possible without the Nile