Death on the Nile

1. Description of the Disease: West Nile virus (10 points) 2. What causes it? (WNV) is found by mosquito bites. Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected birds Scientific Name: Flavivirus (5 points) 3. Where is it found? All 48 lower states. not reported cases are Alaska and Hawaii. commonly found in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, North America and West Asia (10 points) 4. How is it spread? Arthropod-borne virus. West Nile virus has been spread through blood transfusions, organ…

dynasty or the old kingdom that pyramids began to appear. “Most of the success of Egypt flourished around the Nile river” (Ancient-Eygpt.org). This river known as the Nile allowed Egypt able to sustain itself without the need to having to rely on rain or bring water from other places around the world. However, without the Nile river pyramids of Egypt would not have existed. The Nile was created during the millennia after the last great Ice age that ended around 10,000 BC (Bains,bbc.co.uk).…

the way for the later development of Egyptian arts and crafts, technology, politics and religion (including a great reverence for the dead and possibly a belief in life after death). Around 3400 B.C., two separate kingdoms were established: the Red Land to the north, based in the Nile River Delta and extending along the Nile perhaps to Atfih; and the White Land in the south, stretching from Atfih to Gebel es-Silsila. A southern king, Scorpion, made the first attempts to conquer the northern…

make fine wares, coarse wares, bread moulds, dishes, jars, and table wares. Many of these were nile-silt pottery or clay. (Hope 2001, 30-32) Other materials used for making pottery included water for shaping, tools to improve pottery characteristics, and fuel to fire the pottery to make permanent and hard. Water was used from the Nile and fuel was found in straw or dung. Egyptian potters preferred Nile alluvial clay and marl clay. Alluvial clay was found on the Nile’s flood plain. Marl clay…

Mediterranean sea and along the supposedly divine Nile River. In addition to harvesting wheat, vegetables, and grain from the flooding of the Nile, the river was often used as an intercontinental trade route from the Balkan peninsula to the interior of Africa. Trade…

This dynasty ruled Egypt for three-hundred and thirty years following the death of Alexander the Great in 323BC. From 323BC to 30BC Egypt is divided into several providences that are ruled by the various generals of the Greek army who appoint themselves pharaoh of their particular domain losing much of their influence and power…

Plutarch, a Greek writer, who lived from 46 AD to 120 AD under the influence of the great Roman Empire, wrote one of the more complete sources there is on the Egyptian god Osiris. Plutarch based his narrative of Osiris as the god of death and resurrection and his control over the underworld also known as Duat. Osiris is also seen as the god of fertility and its connection to agriculture. Osiris was first created human form and later became deified. Osiris has a long connection with the Egyptian…

The Nile was regular and benign, as it flooded at the same, precise time, leaving behind nutrient-rich soil for planting. This made for one of the safest and richest agricultural areas in the world, and the Egyptians were able to easily irrigate their crops through a process known as basin irrigation. Since the Nile provided so much food and resources in a convenient and easy way, the ancient Egyptians had more…

Ancient Egyptians were not only a very sophisticated civilization but, very well versed in the act of war and fighting, had very religious and routine burial rituals called mummification, and also lived on some of the most fertile land just off of the nile river. By the end of this essay I hope that you may have a better knowledge of just some of the things that differ from you life to the life of the Ancient Egyptians. Mummification is a process that is made to preserve the body. At first the…

location and what surrounded the societies of ancient times. Geography changed society in Egypt in many ways such as the isolation of Egypt from the Middle East. This isolation gave Egypt a strong identity, while the Nile River gave Egypt a great place for the people to grow food. The Nile has a predictable flood, believed to have been a blessing from their merciful gods in ancient times. Ancient Mesopotamia was impacted by geography because the civilizations lived in areas of great exposure…