“Gift of the Nile” Did you ever ask yourself, how did the first Egyptian dynasty survive throughout the years without the technological advances that we have in our present day? The Egyptians survived due to a special resource known as the Nile River. This river is the largest in the world spanning over 4,100 miles. It is located in southwest Asia or present day Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Ethiopia. It provided Egyptian people with many major necessities that helped them survive.
The Nile River was an amazing source of irrigation, thus bringing the idea of watering crops naturally by using irrigation ditches. Irrigation ditches were a tremendous technological advancement during the Egyptian time. The Nile had a predictable flood. This means that the Egyptians knew approximately when it would flood, unlike the Sumerians. The Egyptians referred to the Nile as a gift. When the Nile would flood, it would deposit a rich type of fertile, black mud called silt. Peasants would then collect the silt and prepare the wheat and barley fields. Due to the silt deposit, peasants were able to plant more wheat and barley crops creating a tremendous surplus which would then be traded throughout the world. …show more content…
It also provided transportation to the Mesopotamia and throughout. The Nile River was a very unique river due to the way the water flowed. Instead of a typical river that flows South, the Nile flowed North. It was considered as a god in itself due to all of the wonderful necessities that it provided for the Egyptians. The river also provided protection because it made it difficult for large armies to cross such a wide span of
The Nile River was an amazing source of irrigation, thus bringing the idea of watering crops naturally by using irrigation ditches. Irrigation ditches were a tremendous technological advancement during the Egyptian time. The Nile had a predictable flood. This means that the Egyptians knew approximately when it would flood, unlike the Sumerians. The Egyptians referred to the Nile as a gift. When the Nile would flood, it would deposit a rich type of fertile, black mud called silt. Peasants would then collect the silt and prepare the wheat and barley fields. Due to the silt deposit, peasants were able to plant more wheat and barley crops creating a tremendous surplus which would then be traded throughout the world. …show more content…
It also provided transportation to the Mesopotamia and throughout. The Nile River was a very unique river due to the way the water flowed. Instead of a typical river that flows South, the Nile flowed North. It was considered as a god in itself due to all of the wonderful necessities that it provided for the Egyptians. The river also provided protection because it made it difficult for large armies to cross such a wide span of