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Explain Why Ancient Egypt Did Not Survive Without The Nile River

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There were many reasons why the Ancient Egyptians did not survive without the Nile River. Some of these reasons may have been as it provided a method of transportation, it fulfilled their daily needs and provided farming. The Nile was thought to be God like, because of all the resources it supplied with.

When it came to farming, the Nile provided a tremendous assistance. For example; by helping them grow crops and harvest crops. This led to supplying them with food such as corn, wheat, barley, grapes, melon, dates and maize. Since Egypt was always hot and dry, the Egyptians needed water, to stay hydrated, to farm and to cook. Without the Nile, the seeds would not grow, which meant that they would starve to death. The Egyptians planted in the seasons of Proyet and harvested in Shomu. The reason for not planting or harvesting in Akhet, was because Akhet was when the Nile flooded. If the crops were planted during the floods, the crops would be pulled from the soil, and would not grow. If the Nile did not exist, they would not able to produce food to eat when they were hungry. …show more content…

The Nile helped them with to; bath, cook, drink and go to the toilet. Even though they used the Nile as a toilet, they also drank from it because it is so valuable to them. It was unpleasant, but they didn’t care. It was risky to go the toilet and drink with the same water, but because the Nile was so large, all their business would roam around somewhere in the Nile and be far from where they did it. This is how the Egyptians fulfilled their daily needs. If the Egyptians did not have the Nile, they would of had to gone to the toilet in the sand, and tried to find some other water

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