They used irrigation to grow corn, beats, and carrots. Irrigation was really helpful. The great flood happened in Sumer. The great flood was a bible story where the entire world flooded.…
The cultures of ancient Egypt, and Mesopotamia were successful civilizations, because they worked hard, kept their cities by rivers, and had rulers and gods that kept the city in order. To prove my statement is correct, I will state 6 facts from 6 documents on why this is true. Let me start from the first document. The first document says, “Heavy rains cause the Nile to overflow regularly, which made the soil fertile and good for farming. The ancient Egyptians sang this song about the benefits of the Nile, ‘When the Nile arises earth rejoices and all men are glad……
Document B states that the Egyptians calendar dictated the planting season. The Egyptians would plant by the “good Nile” and trade during the “bad Nile”. The good Nile helped the Egyptians prepare for planting by…
Papyrus and barley grew in the Nile River valley and the sediment from the floods helped fertilize the land. For his own benefit, Castro made the decision to go to war with Cuba’s dictator at the time to gain control of the country. It was a successful plan, that did not only change Castro’s life, but also the people’s lives. Paraphrased KU 9/21 Castro promised to uncover the return to power plans of the past dictator, Batista. .Paraphrased…
The Nile River shaped Ancient Egypt through farming and religion. In Document B, it states that Egyptians created their calendar based on the Nile flood seasons. Farmers depended on the Nile for watering crops. Ancient Egypt’s 3 season calendar is based upon the Nile flood each year: Akhet (flood season), Peret (planting and growing season), and Shemu (harvest season). In Document D, it states that the Nile created the passage to “The Field of Reeds”, or Heaven, allowed civilization…
There were times with no rainfall and wild grass. When there was no rainfall the area would become dry and dusty.…
The Nile was the center of Egypt’s seasons. There was Akhet the flood season, Peret the planting and growing season, and there was Shemu the harvest season. (Document B) The seasons also governed when the majority of the population would do their required government work. Egypt’s population was roughly one million and then around 95% of ancient Egypt’s population worked as farmers.…
To do so the Nile maintained that for that for the people it served them fish for food, fresh water to drink, bathe, and the water was also useful for their crops. During planting/growing season the Nile filled irrigation canals and crops were planted and tended and crops in the Lower Nile were harvested then later brought to the market. This information was found from document B of The Nile River Flood Cycle. This was very important for survival and if you settled close to the Nile you had a good start to expanding your civilization or group.…
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.…
Some people were forced to get loans to plant new plants. They usually didn’t have to pay until the crop comes in. It didn’t rain much in the plains so farming wasn’t a good idea in this time period. This prevented farmers to make back lost money buying seed and horses to plow the field.…
This was for the war effort to support all the soldiers fighting. Farmers wanted to keep growing crops; they did this by removing all the weeds and grass to farm more crops. However the soil’s nutrients were all gone and unable to grow more crops. Bad soil mixed with the heavy and devastating dust storms, created many problems for farmers.…
The Role of Geography on Egypt and Mesopotamia Both regions experienced an influx of previous nomadic peoples during the latter Neolithic period in what became the Agricultural Revolution. In Egypt, the Nile River overflowed its banks annually, depositing rich natural fertilizing elements that enabled Egyptians to grow wheat and barley, often providing a surplus. While the yearly rise of the Nile in Egypt was predictable, this was not the case in Mesopotamia. Both the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers frequently caused destructive floods, inundating villages and cities, killing people and livestock.…
Farmers were unable to harvest their crops, and left them in the fields. During the Great Depression, farmers over cultivated their farms. This made the soil loose, because there was no vegetation to hold it down, and there was little rain. When the high winds came, the soil, now dust, was taken…
The anticipated flooding that lasted six months allowed the Egyptians time to move elsewhere until the flood waters went down, revealing the fine silt. If crops were planted as soon as the silt was deposited, they would be ready to harvest before the flood of the next year. The Nile was a crucial landmark in the Egyptian society. It was the source of food, and a way for goods, ideas, and people to be transported. This allowed the Egyptians to be extremely successful farmers.…
The fields in the nile floodplain covered in water and got fertilized by the new batch of silt. It was during this time that many farmers did jobs like canal repairs, or quarrying to pay off their public labor taxes. Then came Peret (planting and growing season)…