The Nile spread around 450 miles in Egypt, and was the main mode of transportation. You could transport obelisks or just go from upper Egypt to lower Egypt. With so many things possible to do on the Nile it is no surprise it helped create many jobs for the Egyptian people. In Document C you see many examples of jobs that relied on the Nile. The illustration by Oliver Frey shows ships carrying obelisks and a tomb. Just those three things show many occupations. The first job is a rower. Rowers row the boat to help it move down the river. The second job is a boat maker. For a boat maker to have any kind of work there would have to be a body of water for the boat to travel on. Th final job would be a stone carver. To transport thirty foot stones
