Why Did Ancient Egypt Collapse?

For the old Kingdom Egypt collapse, scientists thought that is because climate change. The archaeologist was surprised to find a hieroglyphic account: at the end of the ancient Egypt, there had a terrible famine so many people began to eat their own children. This tragic story is also recorded by the tomb of the governor. As we all know, the survival of ancient Egypt to a large extent rely on the annual flooding of the Nile. Rainfalls cause flooding in the Nile Basin every year, giving Egypt a fertile soil. Whenever the flood receded, the farmers on both sides of the Nile began to cultivate. That is why the Nile is their river of life. However, the scientists found the climate had a big change through the stalactites. And such a change no matter where it occurs, will lead to very serious consequences. The huge lake was completely dry at the time, which shows that the water level of the Nile is indeed very low, so that can no longer supply water to the Fakelumu Lake. The …show more content…
For the Indus River Valley Society, some expert said dry up is the main reason and others said flood is the main reason. However, either of them are big effect agricultural. People cannot get enough food to survive. The other hypothesis is the Aryans migrated and aggression into Indus Valley, because a lot of Indus people keep the same customs of pre-Aryan. However, is not all of people accept this hypothesis.
Overall, I think the both of two early communities are collapse by climate change. Not only the early communities will change, but also with global warming more and more land submerged in the ocean right now. The modern people even cannot control the climate change. However, modern people have more ways to survive, because of the convenient conditions. The early community’s people cannot leave water, they have to use water to irrigation. They have no idea when climate suddenly change. Therefore, that is easy to understand why climate change is the biggest problem for them to