Essay On The Nile And Indus River

The Nile and Indus River Valley were both life lines for the people who settled near them. The Nile and Indus River Valley had provided a barrier from war and disease, while providing them with rich soil to grow their crops. Without the help of these two rivers, the people would have had a difficult time making a living. Not only did the Nile and Indus Rivers give the people a way of life, it had helped make them the first known cities in the middle east.
The Nile River Valley was very important to the Egyptians, it had provided a yearly flood, which would start in July and last until late November. The flood would provide the Egyptians with rich sold to grow their crops. The Egyptians fully depended on their crops to keep them alive. The …show more content…
Indus people relied greatly on these trading routes so that they could socialize with other people while benefiting from the food that they traded with other people. The trading routes helped keep the Indus people alive, but it also gave them allies. Surrounding the Indus River were various mountains and the Arabian Sea, which protected the Indus people from war and disease. The Indus people also had animals which were another source of food and when the animals died they would make clothing, the clothing would protect them from the harsh winters they would encounter. The leftover meat from the animals would be eaten in the winter when the crops would be ruined. The Indus people were also divided by a caste system; the caste system defined who you were and what your role was in society. The people were born into these caste system and they couldn’t be changed. The caste system was divided into four categories, the Brahmins, the Kshatriyas, the Vaishyas, and the Shudras. The Brahmins were the highest of the caste system, and they consisted of priests and none other than the king. The Kshatriyas were warriors and aristocrat rulers. The Vaishyas are the cultivators, artisans, and merchants. The lowest …show more content…
They had believed that if you made sacrifices for these gods, they would be kind and give you what you needed. This resulted in many ceremonies and gift offerings. The ceremonies would be held in temples dedicated to the god they were trying to please, and the person, or sometimes animal, would be given as a sacrifice. These sacrifices would be considered an honor. The Egyptians believed that if they did this, great fortune would come their way. They believed that if they didn’t sacrifice to the sun god, the sun wouldn’t rise the next morning, or if they didn’t give an offering to the moon god, they would never see darkness again. Although some may see this as foolish, this was the Egyptians way of life. This was the way that the Egyptians showed their faith; it was the way they believed that their gods existed. The Indus people had believed in the same thing, but as the years went on, their perspective changed. There are many things that the Indus and Nile River Valley Civilization have in common, but they also have their differences. They had both relied on these two rivers to keep them alive. Without these rivers, the Indus and Egyptian people wouldn’t have made it; they would have struggled and would have had to find a different way at making a living. Although they still had their struggles, they created a living from these rivers. It gave them water to make their soil rich and farmable. The farmers had jobs which