With an astounding length of 4,145 miles, the Nile River is the longest river...
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Ancient Egypt
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Objective: You will be able to describe how the Nile River influenced Egyptian
civilization and the reasons a united government arose
along its banks.
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Characteristics of the Nile
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With an astounding length of 4,145 miles, the Nile River is the longest river in the world, and the only major river that
flows south to north.
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Lower Egypt
Upper Egypt
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The Nile River is often called the “lifeblood” or “The Gift” of
Egypt.
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The source of the Nile is in the Ruwenzori Mountains. It rains almost every day in
these mountains with the rain water feeding into the Blue Nile.
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The Blue Nile flows out of
the mountains and meets
with the White Nile.
White Nile Blue Nile
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Along the Nile there are locations
called cataracts. The cataracts
prevented invasions from the South
along the Nile River. The rushing
and swirling water was too difficult
to travel along.
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At times, Ancient
Egypt included
parts of present
day Sudan, Israel,
Jordan, Syria, and
Lebanon, but
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Its heart was the
thin strip of land
along the Nile
River between the
first cataract and
the Mediterranean
Sea.
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Harsh deserts surrounded the
Nile river. These deserts acted as
a natural barrier against
invasions.
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The Nile River
flooded each
year to create a
long narrow
corridor about
12 miles wide
of very fertile
soil.
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The height of the floodwaters
determined whether it was feast
or famine for the Egyptians. If
the floodwaters were too high it
meant ruined homes and drowned
villages. A “low” Nile meant
drought and famine for the
Egyptians.
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The Egyptians were so concerned
with the height of the flood that
they devised a nilometer to
measure the floodwaters.
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Early
Nilometer at
Elephantine.
You can see
how the level
of the water
could be
tracked.
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Later
Nilometer
near Cairo.
Water would
fill the
structure and
be measured
with the tall
pole like
device.
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Seasons of the Nile
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The Egyptians divided their year
into three seasons based on the
behavior of the Nile.
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The “Inundation” was the time
from June to September. This
was the time of the flood. During
this time, Egyptians were paid to
work for the Pharaoh on building
projects.
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The “Emergence” of the land
from the water covering was
from October to February.
During this time, Egyptians
planted and captured as much
water as possible in irrigation
ditches.
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The last of the three seasons was
the “drought” season. During the
drought, the harvest took place.
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Plants and Animals on the
Nile
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The Nile River and delta were home to a wide
variety of plants and wildlife.
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Papyrus was one of the most
versatile plants growing along the
Nile. The plant was used to
make paper, sandals, boats,
ropes, and even paintbrushes.
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The white lily and the blue lily
grew along Nile. The blue lily
was a sacred plant and was
usually shown in art and
sculpture.
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Water lilies were associated with
the sun. At night they closed and
sank below the water. In the
morning, they opened and rose
above the water, like the sun
rising.
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Hippopotami:
Huge herds of these large animals
swam in the Nile. They were
often underwater running across
the bottom on their toes.
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Farmers hated Hippos because
they would come ashore and eat
an entire crop. Boatmen did not
like them much either. An
enraged Hippo could overturn a
boat on the river.
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Crocodiles lived in the marshy
areas along the banks of the Nile.
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Crocodiles could easily attack
people who worked along or in
the Nile.
“I love laundry day!”
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Crocodiles were honored as the
god Sobek and were often
mummified after their deaths.
“I am a god!”
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The cobra or asp lived throughout
the Nile delta. This sacred
animal was the symbol of all of
lower Egypt and of the Pharaoh.
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Geese, ducks, storks, ibis,
pelicans and herons all lived
along the Nile. They ate the
abundant fish that lived in the
Nile. Egyptian people also ate
fish from the river, but the
Pharaoh never ate fish because it
was considered “unclean” from
the Nile waters.
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Vultures, jackals, lions, gazelles
and antelopes also lived around
the Nile and in the deserts. The
jackal often was depicted as
Anubis the guardian of the
afterlife.
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The lion was shown in the
sphinx. It was considered to be a
noble animal and was often
linked to the power of the
Pharaoh.
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Many mines and quarries along
the edges of the Nile provided
granite, limestone, and sandstone.
All of the quarries belonged to
the pharaoh. The stone was used
to construct monuments to the
Pharaoh.
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Precious metal mines were also
abundant. Gold and copper
mines gave the Pharaoh wealth
and splendor.
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Farms on the
Nile
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Most Egyptians were farmers.
They lived in mud-brick one
story houses on small rented
plots of land.
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Their homes were usually only
one room with an outdoor oven
to bake bread, which was one of
their staple foods.
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Families worked together to do
most of the work. Some animals
like oxen and donkeys were used
on farms.
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Canals were dug from the Nile to
the farms for irrigation.
Egyptians also used a shadoof to
get water from the river.
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Boats were the most important
means of transportation along the
“road of Egypt.”
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Egyptians thought that boats
were the transportation of the
gods.
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They believed that every 24
hours the great sun god Ra made
a voyage across the sky as though
he were on the waters of the Nile.
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During the day he sailed across
the sky and at night he sailed
through the underworld. When
he emerged from the underworld,
the sun would rise.
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Small boats on the Nile were
made from papyrus bundles and
larger boats were made from
wood.
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The boat of the Pharaoh was
usually elaborately decorated
with sculpture and bright colors.
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Boats usually were powered by
sails made from linen, but men
also rowed boats and ships along
the Nile.