The Geography of Egypt
- To the west of the Fertile Crescent
- Nile River flows for 4,100 miles
- Settlements rose on this river
- river provided water and silt
The gift of the Nile
- river provided silt in same way as Mesopotamia
- crops were planted before sun dried the silt
- villagers used irrigation ditches to water crops
- Nile river was worshiped as a god
Environmental Changes
- Nile river flooding was like clockwork
- when floodwaters were lower, then crop count dropped dramatically
- when floodwaters were higher, then crop count rose dramatically
- the desert acted as natural barriers
- desert also made it hard to get out of Egypt
- Invaders avoided Egypt
Upper and Lower Egypt
- river travel was common
- people lived in delta as well as inner Africa
- river is south Egypt is called upper Egypt
- river in north is lower Egypt
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