This investigation will evaluate the question: To what extent did the river Nile affect the agriculture, culture, and trade of ancient Egypt? The general time period of ancient Egypt will be the scope of this investigation, to allow for an analysis including the development of the three subjects above.
The Culture of Ancient Egypt is an Oriental Institute essay written by John Albert Wilson and first published in 1951. The origin of this source is valuable as Wilson is an American Egyptologist, therefore he would be able to more accurately interpret the state of the ancient Egyptian civilization. Moreover, orientalists in the past tended to exaggerate the importance of Egyptian and Mesopotamian contributions to world history and civilization.
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The origin of this source is valuable because not only does it provide two different perspectives on ancient Egyptian technology from the two authors, but it is also written by Lucas, a British Egyptologist, who therefore could more accurately deduce the information concluded from ancient Egyptian archaeology. The majesty and splendor of ancient Egypt were largely the result of the remarkably advanced technological skills developed by its artisans and craftsmen. Therefore, the purpose of this source is to meticulously describe the extent to which these workers and other Egyptians developed and used the land's vast resources. This source is valuable because it has been painstakingly revised in light of more recent research and archaeological evidence with each newer edition. This “new” source would present evidence relevant to today, and therefore be more accurate in its content by benefiting from hindsight. However this source is limited as the book only provides a brief description of ancient Egypt’s technology, and although the evidence is likely to be accurate, conclusions still have to implied about the trading and cultural purposes of the materials, which limits its value in that