Egypt’s unification took place in 3100 B.C. (timemaps.com) near the life sustaining river, the Nile. The flooding waters helped the surrounding soil to gain a rich layer of fertile land annually, making it a popular cultivating area. By around 3500 B.C., (timemaps.com) traditional irrigation and farming of the land, carried out over generations upon generations, had begun to reshape the social and physical geography of the Nile Valley. The land near the river became surrounded by thriving self-sustaining villages. Each village was ruled by a chiefdom; where a person is in charge of their town, usually with much power. Within these chiefdoms, the known characteristic feature of Ancient Egypt, one of the great civilizations of world history,
