The Nile River was essential to ancient Egypt, flowing north from near the equator through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. It provided water for drinking and irrigation and deposited fertile silt after annual flooding, allowing Egyptians to farm wheat, flax, and other crops. The Nile was also important for transportation, with Egyptians traveling by boat both north and south to trade goods. The river and its flooding shaped the landscape, with fertile black soil lining its banks in contrast to surrounding red desert lands.
8. Nile Delta
The Nile flows North
Upper and Lower Nile
Delta is the fertile land at the river’s
mouth where the Nile dumps into the
sea.
9. Nile Delta
The Nile flows North
Upper and Lower Nile
Delta is the fertile land at the river’s
mouth where the Nile dumps into the
sea.
Floods every summer left silt.
22. Egyptian Crops: first to ground wheat into
flour and make bread
Wove flax to make linen
23. Egyptian Crops: first to ground wheat into
flour and make bread
Wove flax to make linen
Houses of mud and straw...difference
between rich and poor. Poor people hung
out on the roof; they even slept outside.
24. Egyptian Crops: first to ground wheat into
flour and make bread
Wove flax to make linen
Houses of mud and straw...difference
between rich and poor. Poor people hung
out on the roof; they even slept outside.
Climate: 8 mo. sunny/hot, 4 mo. sunny/cooler
27. Mining
Copper was used for tools (6000 BC), later
needed to use iron for stronger weapons
28. Mining
Copper was used for tools (6000 BC), later
needed to use iron for stronger weapons
gold mined (in Nubia) and minerals (in Sinai)
29. Mining
Copper was used for tools (6000 BC), later
needed to use iron for stronger weapons
gold mined (in Nubia) and minerals (in Sinai)
Mined precious stones
30. Mining
Copper was used for tools (6000 BC), later
needed to use iron for stronger weapons
gold mined (in Nubia) and minerals (in Sinai)
Mined precious stones
turquoise
31. Mining
Copper was used for tools (6000 BC), later
needed to use iron for stronger weapons
gold mined (in Nubia) and minerals (in Sinai)
Mined precious stones
turquoise
lapis lazuli