How Did Egypt Build The Nile River Valley

A river valley is a land by a river that has very nice and fertile soil near it. Throughout ancient times, river valleys had a very important role in the development of civilizations. There are many river valleys that have advantages and disadvantages about their location and have many major achievements. The River Valleys that played a major role in the development of civilizations are the Yellow (Huang He) River Valley and the Nile River Valley.

There were many advantages and disadvantages about the Yellow River Valley location. One advantage of the location of the Yellow River Valley is the Chinese made permanent settlements on the Yellow River Valley. The Chinese made permanent settlements here because they grow crops near the river. …show more content…
One major achievement that helped develop the Nile River Valley is the Egyptians had a written language called hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphics was a writing system that uses symbols for words and ideas. They also used similar writing like pictograms, which represents pictures, and ideograms, which represent ideas. Also, some of the symbols they used represented different sounds, like letters. Another major achievement that helped develop the Nile River Valley is the Egyptians developed a calendar to tell when floods were coming. This calendar that told the Egyptians when the floods were coming was called the accurate calendar. This calendar can also tell when planting season is. Since the floods in the river valley were predictable, the Egyptians can start planting seeds which will turn into crops. The Egyptians made irrigation systems before the floods so only a certain amount of water can go on the crop seeds. Another major achievement that helped develop the Nile River Valley is trading on the Nile River. Since there are many ways to travel on boats on the river (oars or sails), the Egyptians decide to try trading up and down the Nile River. They started trading with many people near the river. The Egyptians plan worked and they traded things like crops, gold, etc. Another major achievement that helped develop the Nile River Valley is the Egyptians believed in life after death. Life after death means they respect and honor the pharaoh and other high ranked people in the kingdom. If a important person or pharaoh dies, they would honor this person by mummifying the body, which means to take out the organs and wrap the body to preserve it. The Egyptians would also make a pyramid for the person. They would only make these pyramids for pharaohs only. One last major achievement that helped develop the Nile River Valley is the Egyptians had advancements in math, science, and medicine. The