The Nile River Supported Ancient Egyptian Civilization
1. THE NILE RIVER
The Nile River has many important features. The Nile is the second longest river in the world. Every year The Nile River flooded in the
summer. It left a lot of good soil for farming. This soil was called silt. The end point of the river is the Mediterranean Sea, The Ethiopian
Highlands, and Lake Victoria. The Ancient Egyptians needed the Nile to survive
The Nile River supported
civilization in Ancient Egypt.
It helped farmers make silt to
grow crops. The fresh water
helped the Ancient Egyptians
feed their animals, take showers,
and water their crops. Without the Nile
River the Egyptians would
never survive in Egypt.
2. PHARAOH SOCIETY
GREAT ACHIVEMENTS
A pharaoh is gods that rules or
use to rule Egypt. In Ancient Egypt society was Hieroglyphics were one
structured like a pyramid. People of Egypt’s great achievements.
A pharaoh was “in charge”
were organized by how much People used it to write letters.
of when crops grew.
money and power you had. At They used most of it to write on
If the crops would the top of the pyramid was the
not grow the farmers would blame it sculptures and art project. Most
pharaoh. Then came the
on the pharaoh. The pharaoh government officials, priests,
of its use was to make luxurious
had the last say on anything. scribes, artisans, and then things for the pharaoh.
peasants. People were stuck in
their social class, and couldn’t
move up easily. Society was very
rigid and the pyramid kept the
Egyptians in order
One of the society classes
were artisans. It was be hard
to be them because
they built everything and created
many things. Artisans were many
things like sculptors,
carpenters, metal
workers, and etc. Artisan’s houses
were 10 yards long. Artisans were
in the middle class on the pyramid. Ancient Egyptian writing was
Without Artisans it would of Egypt’s one of the major achievements
great achievements. that the Egyptians did. Some of
the hieroglyphics meant a whole
word. There was more that six
One of the influential pharaohs was hundred symbols and letters.
Hieroglyphics could be written more
Hatshepsut. She was one of the
than one way. It could be written:
one of the few female rulers. She
right to left and etc. so that was the
ruled with her step brother, but reason it took people a long time to
when he died she had to rule with unlock the text. Without Hieroglyphics
her 10 year old nephew. Pharaoh we would never know what Egyptians
Hatshepsut was one of the people knew.
who told people that they can
follow their dreams