northeastern Africa in-between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Some countries that border Egypt are Sudan and Libya. The one main source of water in Ancient Egypt was the Nile River. Ancient Egypt started in 2920 B.C.E. The Nile River helped the crops in Ancient Egypt, for example, papyrus. This got me thinking, how did the Nile River shape Ancient Egypt? There were three ways the Nile shaped Ancient Egypt. They were the seasons, the geography, and their civilization.
The seasons in Egypt played an important role for crops. This is for the fact that if the Egyptians didn't have food, they would die. Without the Nile, crops couldn't grow. According to Document B, There were 3 seasons in Egypt. Akhet, Peret and Shemu. The first season is Akhet, the flood season. Akhet is the time when the Nile floods. The canals next to the Nile will fill with the Nile floodwater. At the same time, the floodplains are then are then covered in a new batch of dirt that will later help crops
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According to Document A, the Nile is about 4,160 miles long. About 3,860 miles of the river is in Egypt. The Nile River will always flow north instead of south. This is because of land elevation. Most atlases will say the Upper Nile is about 1,000 feet lower than the Lower Nile. At the southern tip of the Nile, the Nile splits into two rivers. The Blue Nile and the White Nile. The Blue Nile starts in lake Tana. The White Nile starts in Lake Victoria. Every year, heavy rain will fall and fill the Blue and White Nile. When this happens, the water from both rivers will be replenished and then flow into the main Nile. There were also two types of land, the Black Land and the Red Land. The Black Land is the area of land around the Nile. The Black Land hugs the Nile. The Red Land is the land outside of the Black Land. The Red Land is all dessert. The Nile actually meant the separation of life and death to the Egyptians and their