Flooding of the Nile

main cities of the Indus Valley suggest strong leadership and forethought to incorporate public works, irrigation, indoor plumping, reservoirs, and craft production. Their process of firing bricks was ingenious, as they were needed to sustain the flooding that occurred occasionally. Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro and Dholivira all possessed similarities linking their civilization together and suggest that this civilization was a group of…

Egypt and Mesopotamia are both considered the “cradles of Western civilization”. These two civilizations helped shape Western and European cultures, though Egypt has slightly a lesser impact than Mesopotamia, which is considered the true origin of Western civilization. These influences have helped set what historians consider “the West”, both past and present, apart from other civilizations around the world. Though Egypt and Mesopotamia both had a profound impact and seem very similar, these two…

Cleopatra is a well known Egyptian queen, but not many know how she came to power and what did she do during her reign. Cleopatra was rumored to be from the Greece or Black African background. Cleopatra's family has ruled Egypt for more than 100 years. Cleopatra's father was King Ptolemy Xll. When Ptolemy died, He left 18 year old Cleopatra and Ptolemy Xlll to rule. Eventually they married, which was normal back then, Egypt started to struggle a few years after. Soon after the marriage,…

Egypt was blessed by being part of the Fertile Crescent around the Nile river, which allowed the Egyptians to grow a wide variety of crops, such as corn, wheat, and barley (Hanna). However, the Egyptian farmers had to work with the annual rise and fall of the Nile. The Egyptians had an ideal regular schedule; in September they would work on and protect dykes. In October the Egyptian farmers would start preparing…

Nature acts as an extension of man. Human beings separate themselves from the animals and plants which inhabit the richly biodiverse ecosystems of planet Earth. Nature deeply roots itself in our human psyche as an inspiration for those attuned to it. Our world consumes us through movies, TV, videogames, art, cities, phones, social media, and solid concrete streets. Humans have grown accustomed to the concrete jungle and the unnatural ring of loud alarm clocks. A disconnection has grown between…

table below summarizes the Giza Pyramid project qualitative analysis: Risk Probability Cost impact Time impact Financial risk – inflation Moderate Very high Moderate Financial risk – funding Low High Low Physical and environmental risks – Flooding and recurring desert storms Moderate Very high High Construction risks – workers and site safety High High High Construction risks – delayed deliveries and disruptions, unsuitable construction materials Moderate Very high Very high…

As we ogle today’s beautiful art creations of the Egyptian’s, we must remember that most of their works of art were actually never meant to be seen; instead they were rather used to value a divine or deceased recipient. Most of the statues that were sculpted typically faced straight ahead, that was so they could face any ritual that was being performed in front of them, they also usually had recessed niches or other building concepts so that their frontality would be seen as natural. Egyptian…

diseases. The video by PBS (2005) talked about one specific example: Greely Colorado in 2003. Droughts and climate changes there caused an outbreak of West Nile Virus. One doctor that they interviewed for the video explained that they had a very wet spring and a really hot beginning of summer, which set up perfect conditions to cause their West Nile Virus outbreak. On their website the Natural Resources Defense Council talk about climate change and disease, they said, “increases in heat,…

ARCHITECTURE: Most houses were made of block. The banks of the Nile gave the mud used to make blocks. Block creators gathered mud, added straw and water to it as required, and stepped it with their feet until it achieved the correct consistency. The blend was then put in a shape. Once formed, the blocks were expelled from the shape and left on the ground to dry in the sun. Egyptian workers would have lived in basic mud-block homes containing just a couple household items: beds, stools, boxes…

The violence in the Enuma Elish, illustrated by the activity of the gods and nature is a reflection of the Mesopotamian society and an explanation for the unpredictability of the flooding of the Tigress and Euphrates rivers. Mesopotamian society viewed nature as violent and unpredictable because it was what they experienced. The why of this experience is addressed by their creation story, there is war among the gods. Violence is a…